Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings

22 reviews

stacy837's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.75

Love an openly autistic main character 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use

bookishmillennial's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/bookishmillennial

• sapphic romcom - make this a film! 
• neurodivergent (one is a fellow AuDHDer) & bi main characters
• grumpy x sunshine
• forced proximity
• dislike-to-lovers
• miscommunication (cry about it, this is so human and universally relatable, my god!!!)
• navigating toxic parents
• for the recovering people pleasers *sobs*
• steam rating: 3 out of 5 

Not my favorite by Mazey Eddings, but it was sweet and a fun premise (what would you do if you won the lottery? Would you buy... a flower farm? lmao). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, and Infidelity

jordanbolker's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I thought it was cute but this is the best I can give it. I got bored throughout most of the book waiting and waiting to see how this would all play out. There was a lot of disorganization with the plot and random acts by the characters that didn’t seem dramatic or as plot-twisting as I’d hope. Wasn’t the wow factor for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Drug abuse

arlaubscher's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing and Emotional abuse

themdash's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

_moonsongenthusiast_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

teacupsandfirereads's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

2.5

I felt a lot of dept was missing in this one. There was no background or understanding about what lead to events. The interactions felt odd and out of place. For me, it was an easy, mindless read. I am not sure I will remember it much past that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, and Cursing

puntifexmaximus's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Well this was cute af

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Toxic relationship, and Blood

jbird_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.5

This was pretty good, a little cringey and sappy at times (tbh I got so sick of them crying and hugging every single chapter) but I enjoyed it. I'm obsessed with the cover- I feel like it's the only time the people on the front matched my mental image of the characters. The spice was pretty good and I felt like opal and pepper were well-rounded and developed as characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction and Toxic relationship

Minor: Stalking

infjkiki's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness and Toxic relationship