Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Wellness by Nathan Hill

5 reviews

cats33's review

emotional informative 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

Well written but not my style of book by any means. Felt like it was a memory quiz by going on many rangers but eventually circling back to what it is referencing or connecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation

shankarhere's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

bookishcookiemonster's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.75

Great exploration of humans, couples, and how each person's baggage doesn't just go away magically. 
Definitely had me reflecting a lot about my own life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

erikagibson126's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Classism

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

The best part of this book was the ending for two reasons: 1) it was finally over and 2) it was truly the only part of the story I thought was well told. For the ray of the time, I kept wondering why this book was so damned long.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail