Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Normal People by Sally Rooney

320 reviews

alice_ca_glisse'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

avabudavari's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Colonisation

alexisbee15's review against another edition

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

This story began as a wonderful and youthful tale of forbidden love, but morphed into a hyper-realistic reflection of life. This is not the book if you are hoping for a happy ending or tragic romance. It's somehow perfectly balanced in-between. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Classism

lauraloveslemons's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

mariabacterium's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Classism

sweetconfusionx's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

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

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

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

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