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Converses entre amics by Sally Rooney, Núria Parés Sellarés
157 reviews
andriaspyrou's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Infidelity and Blood
Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy
laurevannieuwenhove's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Alcoholism
bowelhaus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Chronic illness, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
lumew2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Lesbophobia, and Classism
seventhswan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
That said, this was definitely my least-favourite book of Rooney's three currently-published novels. In Normal People and Beautiful World, I liked or at least sympathised with the main characters; here I spent most of the book actively hating them, and Frances' voice grated on me throughout. This still represents considerable skill in writing, and I'm not averse to an unlikeable narrator in the slightest, but it did weaken my emotional investment in most of the story.
Or so I thought, until I got to the final chapter, and promptly threw the book at the wall, which is not something I believed people actually did until now. Have I been Frances? Absolutely! Did that make me want to give her head a wobble any less? Absolutely not!
Overall, then, I wouldn't say I enjoyed CwF in the same way that I got genuine delight from parts of Normal People and Beautiful World, but I'm glad I read it, even if a lot of what I liked about it was the smug self-satisfaction that I'm Not Frances Any More.
Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Chronic illness, Self harm, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, and Vomit
zoe_vdv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
nineinchnails's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity and Mental illness
Moderate: Chronic illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Classism
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Police brutality
Body dysmorphiasandy_panini's review against another edition
Graphic: Infidelity and Toxic friendship
xosevenusagbadan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Medical trauma, and Alcohol
Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Miscarriage, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts
ruth_power's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship