Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Dove sei, mondo bello by Sally Rooney

71 reviews

alexandre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Eventhough there're less-to-none uses of dialogues symbols, it's still readable. The book itself has a beautiful meaning behind every conversations between the characters. The arguements will made me sitting at the edge of the chair.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism and Mental illness

irinalast's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

itsocchiolism's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

1.5

least favorite book I’ve ever read. the writing is so pretentious, and not it a fun way!! every single character is boring and unlikeable. I wanted to put it down and stop reading it about sixty pages in, but i figured since this is the first Sally Rooney book I’d picked up, that i should give her a fair shot and finish it, but wow the entire time i just wanted it to be over. There’s no real plot or character development, so what was the point? one and a half star bc there were like three quotes i didn’t hate

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Mental illness

ninahuynh's review against another edition

inspiring reflective tense 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? No

4.25

I finally read the book. A Sally Rooney book. And I can see why people hype her works up and this book. I found the lack of quotation marks an interesting stylistic choice, but there are some parts where you can easily trip up on what is dialogue and who is speaking.  

Similarly, Rooney uses commas extremely sparingly, especially when they are needed. It's not to say she DOESN'T use commas- because she does- but there needs to be more. I sometimes find myself having to reread some parts or retrace to the beginning of the sentence to make out where the pauses (commas!) are supposed to be.

Love the philosophical commentary! I can relate to those parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal cruelty and Pregnancy

bookshelbs's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

kkbray's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Mental illness

leslielychee's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• 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

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

imrereads's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

While I didn't like this as much as Rooney's two previous books, I still enjoyed this immensely. I was so intruiged by the style it was written it. One thing  that immediately struck me was how this, compared to her earlier books, feels slightly more distanced from the characters & I had mixed feelings about it. Sometimes I wished I could get just a little bit ot closer, just zoom in a smidge, and other times I found it so effective. 

All over a great reading experience! I am without a doubt a big Sally Rooney fan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

pevans97'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

miriam00'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Classism, Bullying, Cursing, Self harm, and Toxic friendship