Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda

14 reviews

maebemerissa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

A group of friends - bonded by a car crash they all survives in high school- make a pact to spend one week together every year on the anniversary of said traumatic event. The book has flashback chapters to the car crash they all went through, and it is pretty obvious that all the facts are not adding up. The book had a lot of twist in it, some I did NOT see coming at all!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Drug abuse and Suicide

hollispaige's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

I chose this one from my TBR because there is a character with my name (hollis) and my name is never in/on anything. It didn’t disappoint! I feel like there were some plot holes, but overall nothing that ruined the book for me. What can i say? i’m a sucker for a good mystery that is not a detective novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Stalking

hmkuecker's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I was very into this because the story that unfolds and what these kids had to deal with is like Hunger Games-style gnarly.  I also thought the relaying of the events through the POVs of each of the characters was really interesting. I felt a really serious tension when everyone was in the beach house, and I felt like it kind of broke when people started leaving. I also, and maybe I wasn't listening closely enough, had a bit of a hard time keeping all of the characters straight, since there were so many.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

jmkendall0218's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Toxic friendship

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

meganashlee27's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 This book was pretty good, not as predictable as most thrillers. However, I saw a few things coming. I understand why she blamed herself, though it was her teacher's fault. I wish they'd gone a bit more into some of the other characters not just in the flashbacks. As multiple POVs would have been better. But overall a good thriller with an exploration of survivors' guilt and trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, and Drug use