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Gespräche mit Freunden by Sally Rooney

22 reviews

amelienoemiee's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book may be one of my favourite books at the moment. This book made me want to write a book myself. The way this book was written completely captivated me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Self harm, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Alcohol

darbylane's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

margozaldivar's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Abandonment

bookswithjess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

buckys_plum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

juli_rold's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

There ARE spoilers in this
This was a typical Sally Rooney book with a complicated female protagonist. 
It was about Frances who falls into a relationship with a married man. They both have mental health problems and struggle to keep their life’s together.
Similar to Sally’s book ‘Normal people’.

It was kinda hard to get into but that might have been because I was in a reading slump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

Sally Rooney is one of my favorite authors, and I loved this novel as much as her other two.

Conversations with Friends, follows 21 year old Frances as she becomes involved in a messy relationship with a married man. While it is not a traditional love story by any means, Rooney emphasizes the significance of connections to our identity. This book reminded me that growing up is more of a social construct and less of an age defining measure. Frances made flawed  decisions, as did the other characters, which really highlight the individualities and complexities which Rooney focuses on.  If you love in depth character analysis as well as a chaotic story of love and friendship, Conversations with Friends is for you.

*this is a debut novel, so pacing and writing is different from NP and BWWAY.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Car accident, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

onion's review

emotional reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Eating disorder, Infertility, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

scruffie's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I found this one surprisingly tense for a (mainly) character-driven book. Loved the complexity and the depth of the characters which made them feel so real to me. Quite messy, but ain't life always?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Pregnancy