Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

210 reviews

zoegupta's review against another edition

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

4.0

i feel very conflicted about this book. on one hand, very beautifully written, very psychologically whole and complex characters, lots of nuance, and she succeeded in making me understand if not fully root for every character. it pulled me in and kept me itching to finish right through the end.  

on the other hand, i feel it fell into some unfortunate tropes. frances in particular feels like a bella swan / waif / manic pixie dream girl / not like other girls girl… where a lot of concerning attributes (self harm, eating disorder, selfishness, inability to communicate) seem to be romanticized. and i doubt she would be able to get away with nearly as much or be considered mysterious or cool if she weren’t a thin white woman…! if she were written by a man i’d especially hate it, but written by a woman makes it even stranger - she feels like a self insert for rooney? many plot points and attributes seem to be identical to marianne from normal people and to rooney’s own life… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Infertility, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide attempt

athena03's review

emotional reflective 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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Medical content

Minor: Blood

laura7l's review

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Chronic illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction

lillianfc's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Medical content

Minor: Miscarriage

awildjessichu's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Medical content, and Infidelity

jadehusdanhicks's review

challenging dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Although dealing with varied themes throughout from mental health to relationship issues this book is thoroughly well written throughout.  Rooneys unique style is something to get used to but was overall enjoyable even if not a favourite. 


Poetic, existential yet faithless it continues to have my engagement. 

I felt it address topics like endometriosis and body troubles well, but definitely could’ve benefited from some trigger warnings as I can see how it could be a harder read personally for certain individuals

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Medical trauma, Infertility, Blood, Chronic illness, and Toxic friendship

shelbyrodger's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Blood, Alcoholism, Vomit, Sexual content, Infertility, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage

hayleythepaige's review

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Blood, Classism, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

sophia66201's review against another edition

got to chapter 28 but unfortunately cannot mentally handle what i believe is to come in the next few chapters. this is why i don't read sad romance books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Medical content, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

azilisssss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Blood, Alcoholism, Vomit, Cursing, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Eating disorder