Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Persone normali, by Sally Rooney

527 reviews

cecilethomas's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

Good good not great. Mid. Ending stuck with me plus a few lines but otherwise… eh?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Domestic abuse

ryebread225's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

mirlezen's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

A bit underwhelming and I found that the characters could have had more revealed about their inner workings.

Spoiler

Why is Marianne's family so cruel, for example? Did she have a good relationship with her father? Did Connell miss a fatherfigure? What was his short story about? Writing this I have so many questions left about the two of them!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Blood, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

ericzwebb's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

I enjoyed the writing style, the depths of the characters, and some of the internal problems with which they grapple. Maybe upon reflection I’ll give this a higher rating, but I felt it was a little cringey at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Grief, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Blood and Mass/school shootings

carynlemon's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Good read! The syntax took a bit getting used to as the dialog was not in quotation marks and the first few pages has a lot of back and forth between two characters. But I adjusted midway through the second chapter. After that, I found the book hard to put down. It was a quick read! I wasn’t thrilled with the ending, but it was a gripping story and captured my attention.

A coming of age tale of class, peer pressure, and an exploration in why people behave the way they do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

suzquinn97's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

sabrinalefebvre's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5

2.5 ⭐️ 

The writing at the beginning put me off the book.
Surprisingly easy and fast to read once I actually picked it up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence

madzia's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.25

well i think that most of the scenes between some of the characters were unnecessary, the main characters are just so so stupid, just if they were making different choices in some of the situations it would have been better.

Spoiler

Connell's depression is i think the best chapter in this book, in some way it is written very good not like the rest of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

brianna_moye's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts

tkibbee17's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Sexual content, Abandonment, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship