Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Normal People by Sally Rooney, Rini Nurul Badariah

99 reviews

victoria_elaine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Debating giving this 4.75 or 5, but I went for 5 starts because Sally Rooney’s writing style is truly one of a kind. The lack of quotation marks, the huge jumps in time, the strong and seemingly out-of-place statements. It’s all so unexpected but so necessary. Thank you for this. It changed how I see things, how I feel about myself, how I feel about books. Eye opening. 

Marianne represents all of us who feel misunderstood in a big world. Connel represents those of us who feel the weight of expectations at every turn. They find each other and realistically experience the ups and downs of life which we see at certain pinpoints in time through both yet neither of their eyes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse

tkibbee17's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

abibliophobic_nerd's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

1.25

May or may not be dense, but it wasn’t that deep.

This book made a 9 hour flight with crazy turbulences even longer and stressful.

I do want to give it another chance… I think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Rape, and Abandonment

Minor: Blood and Alcohol

zenizage's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

With Sally Rooney the core of the story is always the character(s) she creates and I find her writing really easy to follow, while the subject she writes about is often rather hard (TW: there is some abusive behaviour and violence in Normal People). 
We jump around a bit in time and in POV in this one. We learn about what happens through what Connell or Marianne respectively experience or how they remember an event, an interesting way to convey how misunderstandings can and will happen between two people. The essence is in what wasn't said, the very real problem of (not) communicating while also still trying to figure things out as a teen or young adult. It lacks in depth sometimes, but the characters are still very young, so it is almost fitting.
Since the story is told from the perspectives of two different people and is specifically about their relationship the reader doesn't really get to dive that deep into the world and deeper thoughts of a character–but it makes for a fast read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Abandonment

fleursreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-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

5.0

everything about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

selimhannah's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

ryanbada's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

madyoda's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Physical abuse, and Violence

ju_harue's review against another edition

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

Eu já tinha assistido a série - sim, fiz o caminho inverso do “normal” rsrsrs - e estava com expectativas altas, já que as amigas que haviam lido, disseram que a escrita da autora era muito boa, mas como minha experiência com a série já não tinha sido arrebatadora, uma vez que eu não tinha me conectado muito, fiquei receosa - mas agora, depois de ler, achei que foi uma super adaptação e pretendo reassistir com o olhar do livro.
E de fato, a escrita é excelente. Por ser um livro relativamente curto, eu achei que seria uma leitura super rápida, mas não… foi difícil ler, talvez por trazer a sensação de ser tão real, tão sofrido, tão palpável, muitas vezes, vi que era necessário fechar o livro e ficar pensando sobre.
A forma como Sally toca em assuntos tão intensos e gatilhos diversos, profundamente, é bem única, transformando toda a experiência de leitura e os acontecimentos.
Gostei tanto que mal posso esperar para ler os próximos livros dela.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Alcohol

smkelly1997's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

I was anticipating good things from this book but was often left confused and wanting more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment