Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Normalūs žmonės by Sally Rooney

128 reviews

soph1768's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

eudoxia_yar's review against another edition

dark emotional relaxing sad 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

5.0

I had a hard time with this book, initially. This book was mammoth -- the hype, the community, and the communication around it. Trying to get into this book should not have been so hard, it's inviting and invigorating. I worried about this book and how it ended: I prayed that I'd liked it, like anything other than that would have been a sin. Fifty percent in, this book proved to be fast-paced despite the meandering way the narration is presented.

It's very much a modern classic: a coming of age book about life, love, friendship, sex, and what it actually means to grow-up. 

Addendum: The reason why I did not find the characters lovable because of how innately human they are. Do you love the reflection that watches over you as you vomit over the sink from one night of partying? There is a resentment I felt for both Marianne, and Connell. This later morphed into empathy, sympathy, and, at the end, pride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

witcheslovingwitches's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

jja_b's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

Ok, while I don’t deny that Rooney is a very talented writer, I think this might have been a mismatch between me and her. I didn’t really know what to expect when going into it, but I probably should have guessed by the title that this would be a “normal” story. I don’t mean that in a critical way, and I’m not implying that it’s uninspired. “Normal” was obviously what Rooney was going for. I could look at a group of people I know and find a similar tale, This just wasn’t for me.

Don’t get me wrong. I did enjoy the book at times. I found Connell quite a compelling character and I think the book can be described as a page-turner, but most of the characters were unlikeable and the miscommunication between Connell and Marianne just became too frustrating.

The ending infuriated me. I get the point, but it was still infuriating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Racism, Blood, and Bullying

shishirmudaliar's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Body shaming and Classism

maudsmeets's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Sexual content

l4urenbrooks's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

The book was very character driven and there wasn't an obvious plot but for me who's nosy into other people's lives, I didn't find it unenjoyable. I'll move onto watching the BBC series now :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

It covers a lot of topics but not in too far detail that it's uncomfortable

leoniefnk's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual violence

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Sexism

painausten314's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

lidia138's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship