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Normal People, by Sally Rooney

65 reviews

seventy7's review

emotional reflective tense slow-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

4.75

The characters don’t know how to communicate effectively

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Violence, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Vomit, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol and Abortion

Can be really frustrating

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

lisazd's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/injury detail, and Toxic relationship

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

Minor: Abortion

bookishlittleme's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

This was one of those books where I read it at just the right time. I picked it up at the library on a whim and everything! I really like the way that it made me think about the world, how we socialize, how we love. I found the two main characters, Marianne and Connell extremely true to life with distinct thoughts and voices. 
I have heard a lot of comments about Sally Rooney's writing being hard to read because she does not use quotations to help the reader recognize dialogue. Personally, I fell in love with her writing style as soon as I picked up the book. As for the dialogue it's definitely more feeling than reading a quotation mark that lets you know when someone is speaking. This is a very sad book but I think if you're drawn to it you should read it. Check the content warnings though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Minor: Abortion

nirvannamae's review

dark emotional reflective 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

What a silly ending. I really love this book though. I wish I had given into Cameron’s praise sooner. This book has inspired a lot of writing from me. I wish I could tell everyone who has known me to read this and say see! I’m not so strange; but they’d think that’s odd too. And I don’t particularly care if they understand me or not. Very good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use, Suicide, and Abortion

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

selimhannah's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Violence, Death, Suicide, Abortion, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Vomit

kathis_wonderland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.25

Normal People by Sally Rooney is an award-winning book. Connell and Marianne have known each other for ages. They went to school together and started seeing each other in secret. Over the years they fall in and out of their relationship and friendship, meet new people and experience new aspects of life. But in the end, they find their way back to each other.

One thing I am now certain of is that I am usually very unsure about books that won awards. I often do get why this book won awards and is so loved by many, but most of the time I do not really enjoy those books. This is why I also have mixed feelings about Normal People. It was a good book, but the story did not suck me in. However, at the same time, I couldn't stop reading most of the time. You see, I have very mixed feelings about this book.

For one, I liked the relationship and friendship between Connell and Marianne. No matter their downs and disagreements, they always found their way into each other's lives again. I was rooting for them! This is why I am not super fond of the rather open ending of this book. I want them both to be happy. Connell's mother is such a wholesome person. I adore her. She is a wonderful human being. One thing that bothers me is the big time jumps from one chapter to the next. I felt like I missed several aspects of the story that would have made it deeper. But then the book itself was already very deep and sometimes heavy to read. Some chapters exhausted me. And let's not forget the absence of quotation marks! This annoyed me the most as it makes understanding the text much more difficult. A big no from me for the absence of quotation marks.

All in all, I liked the book. I see why others love it so much, but I still have mixed feelings about it. Sally Rooney is a good writer, but probably just not my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Blood, and Bullying

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Classism, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Death, and Grief

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Drug use

corinniebee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Cursing, Suicide, Vomit, Mental illness, Abortion, Physical abuse, Bullying, Infidelity, and Classism

shannnne's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Bullying, and Classism

Moderate: Blood, Injury/injury detail, Suicide, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Abortion