Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Lost For Words by Stephanie Butland

6 reviews

louiseelizabeth's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

This book wasn't what I expected when I picked it up. I nearly gave up about a third of the way through, because I didn't like the writing style. But I decided to keep going a bit longer and eventually got drawn in to Loveday revealing her story. I think they could do with proofreading a bit more thoroughly as there were errors such as the wrong Harry Potter title and one point where the pronouns seemed to be muddled. Overall it was an interesting story but took a while to get going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming

romillyj95's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

koplomps's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying

jade's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

mikaclapson's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

rugrat306's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-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

Another book from ‘a box of stories’ - mixed genre box. I liked this one, some tough topics in it, such as domestic violence and trauma. But I liked how it took the whole book to unravel Loveday’s story. It certainly notched the pace up towards the end, I couldn’t put it down. Mix of romance, mystery and poetry. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent