Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Normal People by Sally Rooney, Rini Nurul Badariah

187 reviews

strawbert's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

The book is written very well and has many great memorable quotes. As another reviewer wrote, Sally Rooney makes the mundane spectacular. I enjoyed reading this book very much but I’m not sure what I got out of it. It felt like the characters did not grow and that each chapter was the same thing over and over - which seems like the entire point of the book to be honest. Nevertheless, the book kept me interested to the end. I think the hype for this book is based on how relatable certain parts may feel. I am now excited to read other books from Sally Rooney.

Summed up: Attemping to strike a balance between hope/understanding/independence and misery/shame while coming-of-age.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rhubarbpi3's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

2.0

I thought this was well executed and everything I just thought it would be happy but it just made me really sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thisreadingcorner's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Normal People is not a romance but it is about a romantic relationship between Connell and Marianne, two teenagers turned university students in Ireland. Connell’s mother Lorraine worked for Marianne’s mother as a cleaner and the two have known each other since at least 11/12 although the narrative kicks off in their high school years.

The narration style of this book is unique and reminds me of a few books I’ve read that have been contentious in terms of reviews. Like the previous books, I loved it.

The giddy awkwardness, the passing smirks, “that’s really weird but I think I understand it”, “it’s not like this with other people” of it all is so good.

The frantic miscommunication is made tolerable by the long moments we spend inside both of their heads dissecting the origins of their particular quirks. Rooney manages to seal them to each other and ages them up somehow more dynamic (and dysfunctional).

The Hulu adaptation wimps out on Marianne’s home life and Connell’s very intense inner dialogue which takes away from the potency of their attraction to each other in my opinion. It was still incredibly acted and I would call it a successful interpretation, just not as good as the book. For me that potency combined with the journey they take over their friendship and relationship makes the ending okay, if a little painful. The romantic in me sees a bright future regardless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual harassment and Injury/Injury detail

milkschank's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

komiification's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

Completely devastating how people can love each other so much yet can continue to hurt each other. Can never really talk to each other. Alongside this theme, as well as other points relating to genocide (which is still, upsettingly, relevant to today), and the way people now engage with literature without this political edge, this is, easily a modern classic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abortion, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

mockingjayx16's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Classism

katelyn_stark's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

xveronica_fx'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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

felishacb's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying and Suicidal thoughts

keiiiiiiii's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Sally Rooney had this way of writing intimate moments and realization in a matter-of-fact, that I surprisingly enjoy. Not a lot of writers can achieve that. I personally think its a form of internalization of how having someone effortlessly saying they love you and appreciate shouldn't feel so exclusive or something you have to grind for, and if you're a decent person then yeah, you should have at least one person who cares for you, simply because they care for you, not because you are sone characters in novel/film/TV. I think this kinda correlates with how connel doesn't feel that he deserved good things and marianne feeling that connel doesn't love her after all the years they spent together. 

The writing just can be inconsistent tho. Sometimes you're in the middle of something mundane then suddenly Rooney is ranting about some random politic shit that I don't care and I can't think how it reflects to the characters or the themes of the novel. And sometimes I just can't stand how the dialogue feels like the fantasy of white college-educated elites who scream on class or revolution without an ounce of self awareness, which makes sense considering Rooney was in a debate club and she studied in the irish ivy league's eviqualent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Sexual harassment