Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Normal People by Sally Rooney

109 reviews

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

I read this book for the first time somewhen last year. Didn't enjoy it much, thought it was boring and way too sexual & I then even proceeded to sell it.

Out of curiosity though I recently bought it once again, because I've been really into contemporary adult-novel stuff. And wow, I am positively surprised.

Not gonna lie, it's still too sexual for me, but this time I was able to look past that and explore the message behind it, observe the lives of two people unable to go their seperate ways, their lifelines intertwining in unexpected and unforgiving ways.
This book dealt with several topics, some of which include mental illness and modern relationships.
Normal People is wise in a sterile way, unpredictable and really hits you with the reality of life and growing up. Not an easy book, but when is the truth ever easy?

People can really change one another.

Looking forward to reading Beautiful World, Where Are You. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Blood, and Pregnancy

danirc_'s review against another edition

i hate both of the mc and the conflict feels pretty pointless and immature honestly 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse and Abandonment

emilyreads_books's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ienbdri's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

pablollopez's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

The last third felt a little tapped on, but the last scene was brilliant. Sally Rooney made me fall in love with the concept of descriptions of ambiance. She creates such a simple but pleasing atmosphere, and she has made stream of consciousness her own. Really, some scenes of this book wrecked me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Eating disorder and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing

jfield351's review against another edition

dark lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

3.0

This was a good book. I usually don’t like books with no plot, but this one was okay. However, what is with the lack of quotation marks???????? It made it very hard to read sometimes. It’s also written partly in present tense which I don’t read a lot of so that was interesting. The story was interesting and sad and just depicts growing up. It was well written (apart from the quotation marks - i know it was a stylistic choice but i didn’t like it) and dived into some interesting concepts about what it means to be a normal person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

tilde_c_s's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

sleeson's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I am going to rate this audiobook 2 1/2 stars. Right down the middle. I don’t know if I dislike this book or if I really like this book?! The writing was so different, yet no finality towards the end of the book has me on a mind trip questioning what the heck did I just read?? Graphic sexual content. High amount of swearing. I enjoyed the narrator. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

hannibanani29's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

maggieed's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Suicide, Death of parent, and Pregnancy