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Normal People by Sally Rooney

91 reviews

nirvannamae's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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 against another edition

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_reads_words'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

lauboe's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Abortion, and Physical abuse

kashby's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Eating disorder

abioneil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.25

This book is quite complex. The relationship that Connel and Marianne have is painful to read about. Don’t go into this thinking it will end with sunshine and rainbows. It is obvious that both characters needed serious help. Other than that, I would say that the narrating style was a bit odd, the narrator was third person and at times seemed to be limited and other times omniscient. I didn’t quite enjoy the book, the idea that relationships between people can change their overal character and personality is explored wonderfully, however, it does feel like some of the scenes central ideas are repeated (even though this may have advanced the plot, it was hard to read). I think that the character growth felt sudden instead of gradual buildup.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, War, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

strayedthoughts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Bullying, Death of parent, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy