Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

66 reviews

chasingpages1's review

emotional funny informative lighthearted relaxing tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Violence, Cursing, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Bullying

leligavi's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Misogyny

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

jasmineslibraryy's review

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

was it as good as TLH? no.
did i still have fun? yes!

i had trouble getting into this book, especially since the switch from 3rd to 1st person through me completely off guard. furthermore, bee is kinda whiny. but i LOVED her and levi. 

idc how many times ali hazelwood writes similar STEM romances - i will enjoy every single one. it is her niche and her charm, for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Cursing, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexism, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Car accident

natafiguu's review

emotional lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

definitely better than The Love Hypothesis, i feel like there couldve been more indirect characterization instead of the entire rant Levi went on

Spoiler

about how Bee had commitment issues and why

  but it definitely had more depth than the first. i know some people think that the fanfiction aspect is cringey but i think the science and STEM aspects definitely made up for it. the part when

Spoiler

Felicette attacked Guy

was kind of comicy but other than that i really liked the book and would 1000% reread :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

vaguely_pink's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

CUUUUUUUUUTE

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Abandonment, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Medical content, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

daisy1_f's review

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Grief, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gun violence

tym_flies's review

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

Best parts about this book are the constant references to Dr. Marie Curie (who I wrote a paper about in middle school and worshipped) and the validation of being a woman in STEM. From thereon out, you can't really go wrong. 

Spoiler

Get u a man as pathetically in love with you as Levi is with Bee. Get u a girl as intelligently stupid about that love as Bee is with Levi. Get you some cats to keep you both company.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Car accident, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

ankiaisreading's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Gun violence

Moderate: Violence, Infidelity, Sexism, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Misogyny, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

ewarde's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

Ali Hazelwood owns my soul. She writes loveable enticing and flawed characters; they pull you in because you can relate to them and you feel like you are going through this all with them. She combines humor, romance and smut for an brilliant read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Death of parent

readmorbookz's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Love this author. She has me scrambling to read faster every single time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Abandonment, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Toxic relationship