Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

39 reviews

mmadill227's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

growintogardens's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I've read 2 other books by the author and loved them, but this one wasn't her best. I didn't like any characters, and Nora was not the smartest cookie. It was pretty easy to figure out the who/why of the mystery early on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

astareads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abortion

Minor: Fatphobia

chris_reads's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Entertaining, if a bit predictable. The lead feels willfully ignorant. 2.75 ✰ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Outing

belladonnashrike's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

okay this book was so damn good. I don’t know why it took me so long to pick it back up again, but i read a majority of it in one sitting - I couldn’t put it down!

reminded me a lot of of gillian flynn’s work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Police questioning

satuhurme's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

yogomagpie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Quick, easy read. Fun, but predictable. The ending seemed a little too easy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship

spooderman's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy