Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Pessoas normais by Sally Rooney

260 reviews

brigg_sy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

henyouise's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

3.5

I didn't love this book as much as I wanted to. I think it's beacuase it's so unsatisfying. But I think that's the point. But I liked Sally Rooney's writing style and am interested in reading more of her books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, Grief, Domestic abuse, Classism, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Bullying

Moderate: Death and Eating disorder

stephyrm's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Alcohol, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death

Minor: Blood, Classism, Death of parent, and Drug use

jilli_concarne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Bullying

lunar_witch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Alcoholism, Bullying, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

ellislilylovestoread's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Grief

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

tallhousecookies's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

This is what happens because cis, het, white people don't experience enough oppression.

Here's the thing: it had some good things to say about life, love, mental illness, and abuse. I definitely highlighted a number of passages that spoke to me, and clearly this book is beloved by many. HOWEVER: through this book I've learned that I don't like the miscommunication trope AT ALL. If that's something that even remotely bothers you, I'd say skip it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Classism

the_procrastinatorinator's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

- Rooney not using quotation marks is confusing sometimes but wasn’t a bother for me
- I wasn’t really the target demographic for this book, but some parts of the characters were sort of relatable 
- Overhyped on tiktok
- Something that bothered me was when Rooney describes unrelated things for the hell of it, i don’t care what marianne decided to eat for breakfast that day (maybe I just lack comprehension)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood and Eating disorder

spy_indeed's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Bullying

rachjy's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Blood