Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

73 reviews

colorful_lulu's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

3.25

It was slow until 2/3 of the book. It had a very interesting concept it was just not paced as well as it could’ve been. I thought the way Holly Jackson described details, or rather which detailed she pointed out and which she omitted, was really cool. The romance plot line confused the hell out of me. The kiss scene was added in so randomly in the most unrealistic and illogical point of the scene.

The reason why they ended up kissing was because they were standing closely when placing the camera on the bookshelf but Rachel found it immediately so what’s the point of putting them in that situation?

I get that the romance subplot adds to the theme but it was so random

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Stalking, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

charlee_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I have no words. Just. Wow…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed the plot twist but there were too many events post the plot reveal, which ruined the pacing at the end 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Dementia

katypotaty0908's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Couldn’t put this book down, I was so invested in Bel and had to find out what happened!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Stalking

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Dementia, and Abandonment

Minor: Infertility

underscoresyd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, and Stalking

Minor: Body shaming, Infertility, and Pregnancy

jessw17's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

katharinaamaliae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I've thought Holly Jackson is maybe a little bit overrated since I read agggtm, but since I liked Five Survive slightly more, I wanted to give her one last chance. It wasn't worth it. Holly Jackson once again managed to write an entirely unlikeable and clichee female main character with the personality of a brick wall, whose only character traits were being "mean" which felt entirely forced and wannabe edgy and a fear of abandonment because her mom supposedly left her when she was a child. Groundbreaking. Everytime the main character mentioned "pushing people away because they'd leave her anyway" (approximately every 10 pages) I felt like I was reading 2014 emo tumblr posts. And I don't even want to start with the mmc and love interest. He felt like a recycled version of Ravi from agggtm and since he was popular on booktok Holly Jackson decided to write a knockoff and not even a good one. Everytime she started describing his outfits I wanted to cry. I could honestly only imagine him as a 10 year old child because there's just no way. Giving a character ugly clothes doesn't make them more interesting, sorry. The plottwist was maybe slightly surprising at best

but if I'm being honest, I suspected the dad from the beginning probably because Holly Jackson has a habit of making a character the mc trusts the villian in the end and it's getting old.

The ending might've been the worst part because it was SO unbelievable and unrealistic. One last thing that made me want to throw the book out of the window were the constant pop culture refrences. Again totally forced and millenial like. Who told authors they need to do that to be "relatable" or "modern". You don't, please stop. Everytime I see the word "Tik Tok" in a book it makes me want to scratch my eyes out and set the it on fire. No offense. In retrospect: Save your time, don't read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

hphilips's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, and Stalking

evelina1756's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book so much, it’s by far my new favourite book. The plot twist shocked me for once as usually I can’t tell what the plot twists are, this book was refreshing for me. There was lots of character development, and the further I read the more I couldn’t put the book down. I definitely will reread this book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

afrenette's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Stalking