Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Normalūs žmonės by Sally Rooney

61 reviews

gailsage_thomps's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Islamophobia and Pregnancy

raisinflakies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity

bookboii's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Death, Alcohol, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Racism, and Pedophilia

rhianonw's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Classism, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

hannahwhiteyy's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective 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

3.0

This book was character-driven, which I found really interesting. I did LOATHE the lack of quotation marks, but I found it to be an easier read than Beautiful World.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

merelyakalan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Alcohol, Bullying, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Infidelity

ale15sousa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Death of parent, and Self harm

Minor: Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, and Pregnancy

libt11's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Infidelity

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Classism, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Blood

vixenreader's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.75

Be prepared to relive your most woeful miscommunications you have ever had in a romantic relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia and Racism

If you are part of the kink community, you should recognize that the masochism in the book is more of an unhealthy pattern in a character’s abusive cycle rather than a prime example of how consensual BDSM is actually practiced.

chaoticweevil's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Infidelity, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Minor: Drug use, Racism, and War