Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

November 9 by Colleen Hoover

52 reviews

elizabethc3's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.75

Honestly kinda a messed up book. It gives a false reality to women about how to be treated by men. Basically if a man treats you like Ben treated Fallon on the first date, RUN

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Death of parent, and Stalking

smileydmd's review

emotional sad fast-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

1.0

I was done with this book at about page 25. It never got better and I was thoroughly frustrated by the end. Thank goodness I borrowed this from the library and didn't spend any of my own money on it. 

I wanted to give this book the benefit of the doubt and read it for myself, but I had a feeling going into it that I wasn't going to like this after reading other reviews, and after reading the book for myself, boy was I correct. 

I had many issues with this book, most of which have been outlined in a detailed review by Whitney Atkinson. A lot of it is Ben's behavior, which is not acceptable in any way, shape, or form.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cancer

chaotically_katie's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

Graphic: Ableism, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Cancer, Car accident, Stalking, Body shaming, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

marisa_egg's review

dark emotional 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

0.25

The .25 is because Fallon is amazing. Ben is the worst thing to every exist 

Spoiler

The sexual assault scene in the bar made me hate him, this book, and made it nearly impossible to finish. She says no several times to him and he keeps going. They then just brush past this?? What the hell! Genuinely fucked up that Colleen Hoover doesn’t address how he assaulted her and just plays it off as she loves him back so it’s fine. Great book if you want to cry over how genuinely fucked up the things he does are. She has no confidence and forgives him/takes the blame for things in the end… what in the manipulative hell?!?

  Horrible book overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

kleinerdiktator's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

I don't know how anyone can actually root for Fallon and Ben to get together when he should rot in jail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Violence, Car accident, Addiction, Physical abuse, Body shaming, and Bullying

Ben emotionally manipulates Fallon several times without it being acknowledged in the book and instead rewards him for this behavior.

lilly8938's review

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

3.75

Idk how to feel about this.It was very fast to read but the storyline and some of the lines the characters said or thought were soo cringe 
Very Coho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

szink005's review

lighthearted medium-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Body shaming

chelle22's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Vomit, Body shaming, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief

mirandacheek's review

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

thebookpaiges's review

emotional reflective 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity