Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Normal People by Sally Rooney

60 reviews

luxxltyd's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Infidelity

weirdf1shy's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

This book will stay with me. As soon as I started it I was wrapped into the story. The synopsis sounded to me like the average story of two young people and their drama but it is so much more than that. This story is beautiful and Sally Rooney told it in such a descriptive and raw way. I look forward to reading more from her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Grief, Pedophilia, Bullying, Cursing, and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Infidelity

lindseylosers's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Blood, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death, Bullying, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Abortion

bludgeoned_by_hail's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

This style of over-simplified prose is hard to get right but this book absolutely nails it. The skeletal writing  feels clear and deliberate instead of lazy, and offers a clean backdrop for a moving and devastating coming of age story and its millions of moving parts (popularity, class, education, sex, mental illness, relationships with friends, family and partners).
And still most of all it's a love story. A very beautiful one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Classism, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Infidelity, Suicide, Vomit, Racism, and Pregnancy

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, Death, and Blood

Minor: Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Suicide

saskiahill's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, and Infidelity

aharper's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Suicide

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I truely loved this book so much. I liked the unique writing style and I found the characters very loves me. I was rooting for Marianne and Connell the entire time as the grew up together. This book break my heart in many pieces but that just shows how invested I was. I can’t believe I hadn’t read this sooner. This book is definitely one worth the hype! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Classism, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Body shaming

tatjanasbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Bullying, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, and Blood

moodreadererin's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Infidelity and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy