Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Broken Bonds by J. Bree

8 reviews

psychnp's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Rape, Grief, and Death of parent

carsons1996's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

It felt like the story really only started in the last 10 pages, but it definitely made me want to continue the series. The complexities of this society of magic users and their connections to each other was interesting to read and I'm left definitely wanting more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Rape, Violence, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Alcohol

brynjamin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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? No

3.25

Almost DNF'd this one. It got SO much better in the last 75 pages. Desperately needed more world building at the front of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and War

fleetwitchmac's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

jackieyvette's review

dark fast-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? Yes

0.5

I would have said at least a 3.25 if it did not have an SA scene, so that is the only thing that let it get more than a 0. I was not expecting it it literally came out of nowhere and was the only explicit scene in the whole book. 


Crying score: no. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

zc2's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I was told it was going to be like Haunting Adeline, however it feels like a darker version of the Shatter Me Series. I will probably continue the series although with reading shatter me before hand, it does feel like a reread but with smaller twist. There wasn’t much background information so I kinda felt confused the whole time. The characters were kinda difficult to remember, like it was hard to match personalities with names. Not terrible but could be better.There weren’t really intense parts except for the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

g_monaghan's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

3.5

I think this is what they call a bully romance, almost DNF'd because they really are *mean* but the story has potential, I'd like a little more world building as I feel it's gone straight to fiesty teen drama without all the cool fantasy elements 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, and War

erkietheturkey's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Grief, and Car accident