Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Normal People, by Sally Rooney

29 reviews

sierrabedwell's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I read this book mainly on recommendation from two people and from the reviews I’ve seen online. Honestly, I did not like it. It reminded me of Catcher in the Rye, which I also did not like. There was no plot other than two people that kept coming back to each other, and

Spoiler

they didn’t even end up together??

. The entire story seemed pointless. I hate these kinds of books that have no plot. I also hate that they have some deeper meaning that I have to decipher. It’s like someone majored in psychology, and then wrote a book about two made up people. If someone can explain to me the point of this book, I would be intrigued to know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Classism, Death, Physical abuse, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

lomis's review

emotional reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Addiction

bridietmc24's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, and Alcoholism

Minor: Eating disorder and Abortion

ju_harue's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

Eu já tinha assistido a série - sim, fiz o caminho inverso do “normal” rsrsrs - e estava com expectativas altas, já que as amigas que haviam lido, disseram que a escrita da autora era muito boa, mas como minha experiência com a série já não tinha sido arrebatadora, uma vez que eu não tinha me conectado muito, fiquei receosa - mas agora, depois de ler, achei que foi uma super adaptação e pretendo reassistir com o olhar do livro.
E de fato, a escrita é excelente. Por ser um livro relativamente curto, eu achei que seria uma leitura super rápida, mas não… foi difícil ler, talvez por trazer a sensação de ser tão real, tão sofrido, tão palpável, muitas vezes, vi que era necessário fechar o livro e ficar pensando sobre.
A forma como Sally toca em assuntos tão intensos e gatilhos diversos, profundamente, é bem única, transformando toda a experiência de leitura e os acontecimentos.
Gostei tanto que mal posso esperar para ler os próximos livros dela.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

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

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

smkelly1997'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I was anticipating good things from this book but was often left confused and wanting more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

jasminealizae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

I appreciate the perspective and insight this book brought me. 

Some of which I could genuinely and organically connect with. Despite miscommunication, which I hate, being one of the main themes in this book, if not a "trope", I really felt like it was approached realistically. I liked the growth of the characters in regards to their bad habits and their ability to overcome depression and feeling like they are worthless and just take up space in the world. Though, the fact that there wasn't a HEA is upsetting, but I get it and really kind of enjoyed that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Violence, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

alicesloan's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Torture, and Addiction

Minor: Death

amethystbutterfly's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, and Torture

andrrea's review

emotional sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Addiction and Blood

gabrielleclarke05's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

“I’m not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me”. Crying and throwing up

I related to Connell too much 👩🏻‍🦯👩🏻‍🦯.I don’t have one negative thing to say about this book, obviously there’s the whole quotation dialogue thing but I didn’t mind it after the first bit. I love Connell so much. The story is just a deep character study on how relationships are affected through simple communications and the drastic changes it can cause in life. The title is literally the plot like it is just about normal people doing everyday things with a lack of communication due to trauma and how things can end up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault