Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

4 reviews

sallytumbler13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Dysphoria, Classism, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Medical content, Police brutality, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, and Violence

valpyre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

i first read this in high school and had an urge to do a reread of the series recently. i think it still holds up pretty well. the rampant eco-fascism and other controlling aspects of the futuristic society are still pretty chilling. i also had a weird feeling that the book was moving too fast and too slow at the same time, but maybe that's because i already had a vague recollection of plot points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Death

Minor: Eating disorder

dayniw's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical content, Police brutality, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Animal death

madmantha's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

It was really interesting rereading this in 2022; many things still feel relevant today, if not more so in some cases. 

The love triangle still feels a bit forced; I’d love for them to take it in a queer or poly direction in the new series adaption. 
I got heavy “gal pals” energy between Tally and Shay in this reading; which isn’t something I remember noticing or feeling when I read this years ago. 

This is still one of my favorite books and I’m very much looking forward to continuing to share the series with my partner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Police brutality, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Fatphobia, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Hate crime, Acephobia/Arophobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, and Toxic friendship