Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Come and Get It by Kiley Reid

25 reviews

carlytenille's review

medium-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

brynpemery's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense 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

4.0

Kiley Reid is so good at writing characters that you simultaneously despise and want to root for. Everybody in this makes awful choices! But still, I want the best for them. This book stressed me out a little to read because the cascade of bad decisions was just so much, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. And because I’m wary of this and looked a bit for answers but couldn’t find one, the animal death content warning is:

one character is wracked by guilt over accidentally killing a dog. The incident is described in a flashback and is not gory but if you need to be prepared, it’s in the chapter where Kennedy talks about being the golden girl

. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

achristinething's review against another edition

reflective fast-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

3.75

I really liked this one. Way more than such a fun age! I just wish the ending was more satisfying but I really got invested in all the characters. I also think it would make a good miniseries

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

owenwilsonbaby's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

‘It was very easy to have sex in college, but it was even easier not to.’

I liked this! It turns out all I need to read again was pneumonia and being relatively bed-ridden. I think Reid’s writing is brilliant and I loved the characters. I had some trouble with the pacing and plot (it all felt like it happened in the last 80 pages or so), but still a really good read. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

bellsdixon's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ittywitty's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense slow-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

2.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sakisreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I absolutely adored ‘Such a Fun Age’ and had high expectations for ‘Come and Get It’. 
Kiley Reid did not miss 👏🏼

Everyone is unmistakably human in this book.

Agatha starts a relationship with Millie when she shouldn’t, Millie is compliant in moments and feels the aftermath acutely, Tyler is just the worst kind of human 😂

I thoroughly loved this though and I felt myself being drawn back to the book often.

I can imagine this becoming a stunning series 😳
4 out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

bgmartin0696's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

javafenn's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-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

3.0

This book wasn’t terrible it just didn’t seem to have a point. It takes place in dorms, most of the young women kind of suck, and then it ends and that’s that. It’s not bad but it wasn’t really all that great either. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Sexual content, Medical content, and Classism