Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson

3 reviews

sea_sea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Amazing mystery with many interesting twists! :D 
The sapphic rep was so cute T//T 

I just kinda wish Rikki and Marlowe would have ended up together ;_;

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

callidoralblack's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I can always count on Maureen Johnson to deliver a solid YA mystery. The pacing is a bit wonky, but there were several twists at the end that I didn't see coming and that is a win!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy