Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Pessoas normais by Sally Rooney

68 reviews

weirdf1shy's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This book will stay with me. As soon as I started it I was wrapped into the story. The synopsis sounded to me like the average story of two young people and their drama but it is so much more than that. This story is beautiful and Sally Rooney told it in such a descriptive and raw way. I look forward to reading more from her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Infidelity, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lindseylosers's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Abortion, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bludgeoned_by_hail's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This style of over-simplified prose is hard to get right but this book absolutely nails it. The skeletal writing  feels clear and deliberate instead of lazy, and offers a clean backdrop for a moving and devastating coming of age story and its millions of moving parts (popularity, class, education, sex, mental illness, relationships with friends, family and partners).
And still most of all it's a love story. A very beautiful one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Infidelity, Racism, Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Classism

saskiahill's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Sexual content, Abortion, Death of parent, and Classism

aharper's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I truely loved this book so much. I liked the unique writing style and I found the characters very loves me. I was rooting for Marianne and Connell the entire time as the grew up together. This book break my heart in many pieces but that just shows how invested I was. I can’t believe I hadn’t read this sooner. This book is definitely one worth the hype! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

tatjanasbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, and Alcohol

carmentxx's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

actually i liked this book a lot more than i thought i would. i think culturally we give connell as a character too much slack, sometimes he is a bit of an arse. but it’s a highly relatable and astute story about modern day relationships and their complications. does connell actually go to new york? i think he does. i hope they both move on and find someone else who can make them happy and can look back on each other as people who helped them both grow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

janaptrsn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity and Abortion