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Normalūs žmonės by Sally Rooney

607 reviews

angiealexa27's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide

mpetrera's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book despite a lot of prominent negative reviews leading me to think I wouldn’t. I think being from an areas similar to where Connell and Marianne grew up (albeit different country) lends itself to helping that, however, I thought their character development was quite satisfying. I feel as though many reviewers are expecting more character development and find the story ‘boring,’ when the title is literally called ‘Normal People.’ This is meant to be a story about normal people from a normal, small town who are afflicted with all the normal shitty things that can happen to you in life. Throw a bit of depression, poor communication, and inward emotional lability/instability in and you have the depressingly beautiful but unremarkable story of Marianne and Connell. Excellent work in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

kitfkat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Body shaming, Violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

libbylou1201's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

kaelene's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

i actually really liked this book. it’s the fastest i have read a book and i found it freakishly similar to my own life. that made it really hard to read at times but it definitely provoked a lot of reflection and realizations for me, and i thought the issues that it incited were actually really interesting to consider. i journaled a decent amount bc of and about it! i definitely want to read it again, tho i don’t think i’ll be as captivated as i was the first time. initially, you almost want to root for them, feeling sympathetic for them in different moments or struggles. everyone promotes this book as a story about situationships???? but i feel like the story is not about situationships at all. it’s a story about two people who have grown up together and have a complicated, unhealthy relationship and attachment to each other. it feels much deeper and more meaningful than a situationship. that’s so dumb. i think the book also exhibits the experience of mental illness in such a genuine and natural way while highlighting the ways that mental illness can heighten and intensify a relationship when we indulge in our own flaws and in eachothers. its also such a prime example of how miscommunication works and ruins peoples lives. by the end of the book, i was so sick of their inability to be mature and strong that i didn’t care whether or not they ended up together. i felt that the people they grew to be were pathetic. which i should probably reflect on. i felt both depressed and comforted by the story. depressed at the idea that people are hurt or flawed enough to act like this, to suffer for nothing. but comforted at the idea that there are people out there doing worse than me. marianne annoys me in a lot of ways because of how i disagree with her but also in how we are similar too. i definitely think i’m going to read this again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

gecain0811's review against another edition

emotional 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: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Alcohol, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Death, Violence, Vomit, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Misogyny

Minor: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

lindsey_holmes's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

nlucereads's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

3.0

Read it cause of the hype it got last year on TikTok, did not know what I was walking into that much but overall: it’s a good read. Sad, heartbreaking, a little bit of some spicy scenes, and pity. The overall plot, the growing up and learning how to deal with your romantic relationships/situationships, is somewhat nostalgic. I feel like if you can relate to the shitty relationships in this book (I’m sorry first of all), this read can be very emotional. It’s a very fast read, nothing too dense or triggering imo. The ending left me hoping that Marianne finally lets Connell go.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Domestic abuse

sofiafja's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Bullying