Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Lore Olympus: Teil 3 by Rachel Smythe

54 reviews

bumblefee's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

seeowlread's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Violence, and Murder

valthegervs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

mj_86's review against another edition

emotional fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content and Stalking

yellowbinge's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

wearethistogether's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

danimacuk's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Death and Murder

tyras_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

(My review is for the series as a whole.) 

The world building, the storytelling, how Smythe deals with trauma and the characters healing 👏🏾 

I started reading in 2020 so it’s hard to sum up something that’s been running for so long but my favorite parts:

• Persephone’s arc; gaining confidence in herself, owning her mistakes, healing from her past, growing into a brave woman and (sometimes wrath-filled) queen. 
• Their relationship; the pining and slow burn with a big payoff.  (The age gap is uncomfortable, she’s 19 vs he’s like as old as time but the characters address it and it’s fantasy so you let it slide). There’s a lot of trust, respect and care in their relationship and it’s nice to see it grow. 
• All the artwork is really pretty!  
• Apollo and Kronos getting exactly what they deserve as terrible, violent beings. 

I’d read it again in a heartbeat and wish I could start it over. 

Very well done and it’s bittersweet to see it end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

colorcrystals's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

audelidou's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

4.25

This series keeps going strong! Genre are some issues with the pacing, some dialogs that evolve a bit strangely, but it's from time to time and the book was still really good. The drawings are still lovely, the characters fleshed out and the narrative interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment