Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Normal People, by Sally Rooney

288 reviews

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

readbyshelley's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Classism, Bullying, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Violence, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

shalia's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

1.0

Slightly confusing to read as dialogue didn't have quotation marks. Didn't enjoy the outcome and the lack of character development

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Suicide

lex_mags's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Mental illness, and Alcohol

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

cordeliana's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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: Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

irembik's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.0

to be honest i found it hard to read when i first started, the writing style was not for me and i couldnt get into it. but i really liked how realistic their relationship was, how flawed and real the characters were. and the last 50-ish pages were so well written and it made me feel all kinds of feelings. overall was a good read i think, but i would not pick this book up again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

chiara2006's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

It was a really good book and i didn’t regret reading it. I really like the way it was written and it made me think a lot. At the same time it didn’t make me feel a lot of emotions and maybe it was because of how fast the plot was moving.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, and Bullying

pretentiousnerd's review

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

1.75

Honestly was really appalled by the cover...But this book quite frankly disappointed me. Really had to force myself to read although it's only 266 pages long . The characters are insufferable and don't seem to ever stop whining about futile subjects. Also kind of disappointed by the ending that one took too long to come and two wasn't as dramatic and sad as it was described to me... It is bittersweet at best and I really am being nice here. Lorraine and Joanna are the only characters worth reading and even they can't save the book from being atrociously boring and almost pedant. Marianne really is the character that made me sigh the most-and there's a lot of them ... Kind of get why she was bullied because the "I'm not like other girls " kind of attitude was just idiotic and didn't make me feel like I was supposed to have empathy towards her. Quite the opposite actually.
Not gonna go on and on about this waste of time but yeah... don't read this book if you expect something extraordinary...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Blood, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Violence, Eating disorder, Injury/injury detail, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use

solanum's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Suicide, Bullying, Violence, and Eating disorder