Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Triple-Duty Bodyguards by Lily Gold

7 reviews

alishampat's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Moderate: War and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

jackieyvette's review

tense slow-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

2.75

Yeah I didn’t love this one for Matt alone. He was annoying and overbearing in the worst way. He had a sad backstory I guess, but the way he spoke to the main character, Briar, was a no for me. He just gave the ick so quick with the way he thinks and speaks which sucks cause I did enjoy the other two guys, Kenta and Glen. 
I mean the scenes were written fine I just couldn’t get over my dislike for Matt. 

Crying score: I would cry if a men ever spoke to me the way Matt did out of pure anger. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

superstar_y2k's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, Torture, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

izzyf16's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, War, and Death

sydneys_neverendingtbr's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Spice Rating: 4🌶 

Overall, I thought this was pretty well done. Things I often notice is inconsistent tones in romance books. You can’t have the most fluffiest romcom with a sudden murder in the last 50 pages. But this was very consistent. That tense, uncomfortable feeling was there from beginning to end. I feel like the MMCs didn’t get even attention, one for sure got the most interest from the author.

Matt treated Briar like a total child. I understand trauma is a bitch but that doesn’t give him the right to be such an asshole to her throughout the book. I’m happy that she was able to throw all the shit he did back in his face. Kenta seemed to be the only one really looking out for her. Glen was fine, but Matt was the worst. I would’ve given this a much higher score if he wasn’t so…dickish

Also I would like to add that there’s a lot of diet culture/restrictive eating talk and it’s not totally addressed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, War, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Eating disorder

Minor: Vomit

cassie12_21's review

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Moderate: Grief, Sexual violence, Torture, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Eating disorder

thefantasybookaddict's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Stalking

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Sexism, Medical trauma, and Kidnapping

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief