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Normal People, by Sally Rooney

20 reviews

taysbooktalk's review

reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

It took a while to get used to no quotations around conversations. But, after about two chapters it’s easier. This book is perfectly titled. I’ve never read a book that was so weirdly normal. It made me smile and shake my head. It’s middle of the road for me. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Vomit, Sexual assault, Abortion, Eating disorder, Death, Cultural appropriation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Rape, Pregnancy, Injury/injury detail, Cursing, Pedophilia, and Mental illness

comrademena's review

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing 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

Moderate: Sexual assault and Domestic abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

ileesha's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense 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

i shifted between 2.75 and 3 stars a lot while reading this i found the first few chapters when they were in high school almost unreadable but after i got through that, this book was more bearable i don’t think id ever go back to read it again but i enjoyed parts of it and read it all in one sitting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Violence, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

lolchickerz's review

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

bookboii's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Death, Alcohol, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Racism, and Pedophilia

capucapulet's review

reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Rape, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

ireneb2006's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent

periwinkle000's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide, Bullying, Pedophilia, Injury/injury detail, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Vomit

shavaunmac's review

dark hopeful reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Sexism, Grief, Racism, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Classism, and Death of parent

librarymouse's review

adventurous emotional reflective medium-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

4.5

I'm writing my review of Normal People before I decide on a rating, in the hopes that it'll help me sort out my thoughts on the book. The progressions of Marianne and Connell's emotional wellbeing in relation to years at university was uncannily accurate to my own experiences and that of what I saw in my friends and classmates. The quality of the writing in the large middle section of the book that describes the social contentment and complete security in herself that Marianne feels her first year of university, only for the group to crumble and the bubble to burst completely, leaving her stranded and struggling to understand her place in the world felt raw, tangible, and familiar. Marianne and Connell's internal lives playing such a strong role in the story telling made it a unique and enjoyable readings experience. It allows the reader to get inside their heads and try to under how the miscommunications that tore them apart came to be. That change took what is usually a comedy trope and inverted it towards tragedy.

Spoiler

Connell's confession that he was trying to ask Marianne to let him stay the summer was heart wrenching. I didn't like to see the complete degradation of Marianne's character and inner life, but with the way she was struggling, it is realistic. Her supposed need to be hurt being revealed to be a warped perception of her need to feel special, loved, and protected was heart breaking. The meticulous control she expresses over her food intake and her hitting her breaking point in the photography studio show her shattering, but not having any idea how to pick up the pieces. I did enjoy that there was a gradual shift towards and then away from suicidal ideation and meticulously controlled disordered eating for Connell and Marianne. There wasn't a quick fix for either issue offered up in the book, but they were there for each other and their gradual growth in their respective mental health was really well written. I am frustrated by the ending of this book, not for the possibility of their romance being doomed, but because in the last few pages there was another moment of the acknowledged toxic perspective that men just want sex and aren't capable of higher thinking/needs in Marianne's accusing Connell of loving Darcy. It also frustrated me how closely Marianne resembles the manic pixie dream girl trope at the end of the novel, when she was such a robust character at the beginning. With Marianne's sexual promiscuity, Peggy's focus on both Marianne and non monogamy, and Peggy and Jamie's shared terrible character traits, I was convinced that Peggy and Jamie were going to try to both date Marianne and/or sexually take advantage of her. In a way they did.

The casual way sex is discussed between character is distinctly foreign to American readers, and the freedom afforded by it that isn't really a part of American purity culture made the novel an interesting read as it shifted from familiar to foreign and back again.

Normal People is going to be a book I cherish in the future, but in the way a classic is cherished. The writing was magnificent and I was enthralled by the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Classism

Minor: War