Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Normal People by Sally Rooney

303 reviews

maddie_gus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

s1dn37's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

3.25

The cover of the French version is HORRIBLE, but the story is really good even if I expected a little more than that. It is clearly very well written, but I didn't like the story more than that. Since I found it a little redundant. There were a lot of REPETITIONS and the protagonists exased me by force

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Racial slurs, Bullying, Child abuse, and Death of parent

bellaemet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

breeinreadingland'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent and Death

moonlitreading_'s review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

clazbee's review against another edition

reflective slow-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

1.5

I’ll be honest: I only read this book as it was part of my required reading. It’s not the sort of book I typically seek out, so perhaps I’m being overly harsh on it. However, this book was boring. The prose is simple, the lack of speech markers infuriating, and the plot revolves entirely around a lack of communication between the characters which I personally cannot stand. The few plot points that could be interesting- both Marianne and Connell seeming to lie on the ace spectrum, the introduction of BDSM, eating disorders- are all superficial and lack any real depth. Equating BDSM to being abused as a child/feeling worthless just feels cheap and harmful without any surrounding discussion. The only issue handled remotely well is that of mental illness, but even that just… happens. Everything in this novel simply is. And then it ends.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

darwinswench's review against another edition

sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Mental illness, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

giulicapparelli's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

3.0

This book absolutely would have been a 5-star had it not been for the way it ended. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

dlsmk's review against another edition

emotional slow-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

3.25

Bruh. I have so many thoughts on this book and honestly I'm so scattered because I don't know why this is so beloved. Like I think I get it but I also don't know. And so I can't articulate my thoughts properly, which upsets me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Body shaming, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Violence

graysonreadstoomuch'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Bullying, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Self harm