Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Forced Bonds, by J. Bree

4 reviews

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Ummm what? Ok, thank god Oli finally bonds with Gabe, the poor boy was being left in the friend zone for way too long. But are we just gonna ignore what happened with Riley and Giovanna?? What about Sage? Also the ending needs to change asap. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Body horror, Mental illness, Grief, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: War, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Vomit, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

shinyfox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

darkspell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent and Alcoholism

bestla9900's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

So the title, “forced bonds”, maybe should have clued us all in, but there is a scene of extremely dubious consent in this book. Just fyi. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Injury/injury detail, Blood, and War

Minor: Injury/injury detail, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Vomit, Kidnapping, Torture, and Death of parent