Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Gespräche mit Freunden by Sally Rooney

365 reviews

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Chronic illness, Medical content, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Infidelity

Moderate: Blood, Infertility, Mental illness, and Classism

Minor: Vomit, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Drug use

becca4610's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense 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

3.75

i think i’d cry if i had to have a conversation with bobbi it just seems so hard but also i’m dumb so

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content and Alcoholism

mikayla_h's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Self harm

Moderate: Infidelity

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Classism, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Grief, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

ank3's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense 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: Body horror, Classism, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Grief, Self harm, Body shaming, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Gore, Pregnancy, and Medical content

Minor: Infertility

viviandoeshaveaclue's review against another edition

Characters were unlikable, flat, and made very little sense. Disliked the authors lack of quotation marks. I thought all sex scenes were fade to black but some were more graphic than I would like for reading in public (my highschool)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

zoegupta's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

i feel very conflicted about this book. on one hand, very beautifully written, very psychologically whole and complex characters, lots of nuance, and she succeeded in making me understand if not fully root for every character. it pulled me in and kept me itching to finish right through the end.  

on the other hand, i feel it fell into some unfortunate tropes. frances in particular feels like a bella swan / waif / manic pixie dream girl / not like other girls girl… where a lot of concerning attributes (self harm, eating disorder, selfishness, inability to communicate) seem to be romanticized. and i doubt she would be able to get away with nearly as much or be considered mysterious or cool if she weren’t a thin white woman…! if she were written by a man i’d especially hate it, but written by a woman makes it even stranger - she feels like a self insert for rooney? many plot points and attributes seem to be identical to marianne from normal people and to rooney’s own life… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Infertility, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide attempt

kieranyes's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness and Alcoholism

mariambbd's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Self harm

adiloretto's review against another edition

reflective sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Self harm, Alcoholism, and Sexual content