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Une fille facile by Louise O'Neill

21 reviews

eilimeee's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

I found this story so emotional and it absolutely broke me. 
The beginning was a bit confusing for some reason and I had a hard adjusting and remembering all the new characters involved but it ended up being fine. 
The author really plays with the reader’s feelings: she introduces a horrible main character, she’s mean, self-centered, a horrible friend, jealous… and then the most traumatic thing happens to her. 
The contrast between her character before and after is truly heartbreaking even though she is hardly likable in the beginning.
I felt such ache for her as people around her just happen to be the most insensitive and inconsiderate people to ever exist including her parents. They made me feel such anger.
It is the only book that brought me to tears multiple times and the ending was even worse as it seems like everyone has just given up and she’s just looking for help and support and nobody seems to want to give her that. 
I don’t think I will ever recover from this book. 

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niamh5's review against another edition

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

5.0

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venice_bitch's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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kasey_reads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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? N/A

5.0

Obviously, this is a very difficult review to write, because I didn't enjoy this book, nor do I necessarily recommend it, but I think it's incredibly important and stunningly written.

Louise O'Neill tackles an extremely difficult subject, and uses first person narration to fully immerse the reader in Emma's thoughts and feelings. I think it's also really important that O'Neill wrote characters who are not inherently likeable. Emma is vain, petty, and selfish. Her mother is self-centered, rigid, and mean. Her father is cold, weak, and frankly, a bit of an idiot. These characters are frustrating, but they're also raw and real. Even her own family and friends don't rally around Emma after her assault. She feels and is very much alone. This choice makes the story even more harrowing.

Louise O'Neill's writing is visceral, and pulls the reader in to the deepest thoughts of Emma.

Overall, this is a frustrating story. Something terrible happens and O'Neill outlines the terrible aftermath.

I think that this is a really important story for young people to read. I think it's important to read a first-person narrative of an imperfect young woman who victimized in the most atrocious way. It's important for young people to learn that no one, ever, is asking for it.
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romancetrash's review against another edition

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

5.0

This book is probably the only one that makes me so sick to my stomach. It has a chokehold over me and the imagery is absolutely brutal.  I give it a 5 because of this chokehold . The worst part is that it is also believable. O’Neill did a good job, but i never want to read something like this again
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pernillelsk's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

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aya826lol's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.75

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hungeberg's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It didn't start that good. I couldn't remember all the character names and i constantly forgot who Emma had beef with undsoweiter. However it did change like 33% into the book. I loved how carefully Louise O'Neill have created the story and the characters. Everyone felt very real and the look inside of Emmas concious was so interesting. It really deepens the understanding of how rape victims are seen to be behave as well as how the society around them challenges what it means to be violated. 

However be aware; this book has almost every single content warning one can give (like except homo/transphobia)

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misscow's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad 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

This book left me so emotionally drained 🙁 it was really good but I felt SO sad reading it . People should definitely read it though. I also normally don’t go for books set in Ireland but this book is an exception. I am writing this review at 2 am after finishing the book and I don’t know what to do with myself 😐
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dizzyizzy's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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