Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Normal People by Sally Rooney

94 reviews

solanum's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Suicide, Bullying, Violence, and Eating disorder

heartsallure's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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

how did we get to 4 years later and connell and marianne still have no idea how to communicate properly i’m incredibly irritated …

hoping the show is better because while i did somewhat like the book it wasn’t as good as i was hoping 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

elizabethplucker's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious 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, Child abuse, Bullying, and Drug use

Moderate: Classism, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

ileesha's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.0

i shifted between 2.75 and 3 stars a lot while reading this i found the first few chapters when they were in high school almost unreadable but after i got through that, this book was more bearable i don’t think id ever go back to read it again but i enjoyed parts of it and read it all in one sitting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Violence, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

kaneebli's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Classism

Minor: Racism, Suicide, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

woahmountain's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

up until the last chapter, i was sure this would be a 4 star. the way rooney explored these character's raw essence, the way she wasn't afraid to delve into the unpleasant parts of their personalities, the lack of the hero spotlighting... it all felt so unabashedly real. but then the last couple of chapters felt rushed and uncharacteristic. this remains however the story of people feeling things, real things of which we prefer to not think. "it was nice"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Classism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

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: Sexual content and Mental illness

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

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

aegireads's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

4.0

i liked this but it's like a perfectly usual book. idk why people are so weird. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, and Classism

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

challenging 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Bullying, and Classism

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Abortion

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