Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Watching You by Lisa Jewell

19 reviews

sthartsema's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

grace33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Bullying, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death and Stalking

atdow88's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Mental illness, Suicide, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism

emeraldsanto's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

I really enjoyed how the story was paced, I'm mostly used to novels where a crime is committed very early whereas in this case you stay in the dark until the very end.

I can't help but highlight how great the author was at playing hints throughout the whole thing, all the pieces are given to you at just the right intervals to make connections less obvious.

Additionally I was pleasantly surprised at the very prominent place "gang-stalking" took in the plot, it's definitely not a theme that is often referenced in popular culture.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Cancer

sabretooth's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

SO GOOD! Great twist at the end…honestly just wish it was longer! Only reason I didn’t give it 5 ⭐️ was I wish the ending kept going, felt like the author could’ve written a bit more. But, that doesn’t affect the quality of the ending! Still a great book! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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

3.0

I finished this, but I'm not sure that I had to. Everything felt very formulaic and kind of unbelievable. It lacked that "what???" feeling that you hope to get from a thriller/mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Car accident

If pregnancy is not great for you right now, probably skip this one. It has a lot of complicated feelings about it.

placebogirl's review against another edition

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

ohmyohmaggie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Clever, well-paced, functioning plot. I read this book in a day or two. I find a lot of mysteries kind of lose the plot towards the end and the ins-and-outs become hard to follow and bit far-fetched. But this made sense the entire time and I was satifisfied at the end. I felt like I was able to track the story and make my own predictions,  but yet it wasn’t a predictable plot, it was just well-thought through. A bit steamy too without being over the top.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

emmyrose23's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship