Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Normale mensen by Sally Rooney

57 reviews

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.

---

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

---

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

---

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

---

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! 

---

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

---

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

---

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

carmentxx's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

actually i liked this book a lot more than i thought i would. i think culturally we give connell as a character too much slack, sometimes he is a bit of an arse. but it’s a highly relatable and astute story about modern day relationships and their complications. does connell actually go to new york? i think he does. i hope they both move on and find someone else who can make them happy and can look back on each other as people who helped them both grow. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Infidelity

janaptrsn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Classism, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Body shaming, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion and Infidelity

iris_sofia07's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Rape, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Death, Suicide, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders