Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Normal People, by Sally Rooney

237 reviews

thedambookshelf's review

emotional informative inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts

xyzsai's review

sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

This book was really tough to read as someone with similar life experience as Marianne. So for personal reasons, I hated the book, it made me sick to my stomach. Every time something happened to Marianne I felt like it happened to me/will happen to me and that’s scary. That’s the only reason I rated it this high, because it made me feel such a strong emotion, but that emotion has left me disgusted with myself. I didn’t like the authors message, it felt like she was dictating a path for this character, and it’s such an overdone take on a traumatized character, done so graphically, it’s hard to see. All I felt the whole time is “you are bound to your circumstances”. I do think this is a realistic depiction of abuse and it’s affects, I just wish there was more hope and change present. Marianne didn’t really grow in that regard and it was horrifying to see that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse

maybeimali's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

A great examination of how humans need each other and mental health. So reflective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Violence, and Blood

maaaarels's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Child abuse

Minor: Alcohol

sofiacapra3's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Death of parent

ambervdpol's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Bullying, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

leonelle's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.5

I fell in love with the story but not the writing, the book didn’t pull my emotions  the way the — amazing —show did months later. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Mental illness, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Bullying

anton13's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

I was so sad to have to put it down. I have to say that I was in the beginning very skeptical about if I’d like it or not. Part of me didn’t even wanna read it. Now I’m glad I read it. It’s not my favorite cause of the heaviness of the story but it is well written and I enjoyed the relationship between the two mc’s. I do think that anyone that wants to read this should do an extensive look on trigger warnings cause this was so much more than I had expected from what I’ve heard from others. The end killed me. I can’t believe everything that happened within the last 50 pages. I’m happy for them both but also nooooo why did it have to end like that?! Connell is one of the best men out there and nothing can change my mind!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Body shaming, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Suicide, Classism, Self harm, Sexual content, Injury/injury detail, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, and Blood

Minor: Antisemitism, Drug use, Murder, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Body horror, Excrement, and Eating disorder

elizabethplucker's review

hopeful mysterious 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: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, and Drug use

Moderate: Classism, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

fleursreads's review

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

everything about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Bullying