Reviews tagging Toxic relationship

The Grace Year, by Kim Liggett

8 reviews

sleeson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

Okay. As an adult I enjoyed this book. Amazon says the book is suitable for grade 7-9. I’m not sure if that was the author’s intent, but this is absolutely not appropriate for that. It’s too mature of a storyline for a middle/high schooler to be reading. There was courage, heartbreak, unity, love and friendship. It was a quick read. I will be looking for more books written by this author. No swearing but moderate sexual content. I say moderate because of the age group that this book seems to be meant for. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Torture, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

jaymepem's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, and Pedophilia

haley49's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

Wow, I don’t even know where to begin. This book was a lot. Pretty traumatizing, especially at the beginning but once I got into the plot I couldn’t put it down. I would love to sit down and analyze this book to pieces with someone. It broke me for a while after reading it. Check the trigger warnings because there was a lot but if you’re interested in a feminist dystopian where you don’t know how it’s going to end—definitely check it out! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Trafficking, Vomit, Violence, Body horror, Death, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Blood, Gaslighting, and Child abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Suicide, Cursing, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Gore

Minor: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Outing, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Excrement

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.0

I love this book. Not a spoiler, but a little trite/maudlin at the end. Still a good ending and an overall very powerful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Misogyny, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual harassment and Adult/minor relationship

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

Don't get me wrong. This book is amazing and super well written. But the topics of the story were just too dark and disturbing for me to finish the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

mjwilliamson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

This book gave me serious The Village vibes from the start. I found it incredibly infuriating to read because the level of oppression just made my blood boil, especially because there were areas where I found the blind belief ridiculous. But that was the point of the book and I think it delivered its message incredibly well. Though some of the tropes were cliche and on the nose, I’m not too sure how else the development could have occurred. All and all a very entertaining read. I’m glad I picked this book up and will definitely recommend it to others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Stalking

Minor: Excrement, Infertility, and Medical trauma

sophie42's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Violence, Murder, and Excrement

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Rape, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

Minor: Infertility and Outing

untitledlullaby's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? No

3.5

 I didn’t care much for the writing but I liked the end besides one thing. I enjoyed the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Infertility, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence