Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Bloed by Holly Black

4 reviews

sidnilayne's review against another edition

DNF @ 71%

I honestly was really hating this book from the start, but because it's HB, I wanted to read it. By 50%, I was having such a hard time staying connected. The cheating, running away, homelessness, and active drug addiction left a bad taste in my mouth and I could not figure out what this had to do with Tithe. If this was one of the first HB books I had ever read, I probably would have never picked up another one of her books ever again, and that really sucks because her other books are phenomenal and she is one of my favorite authors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

eli_ross's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

michaelat21's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

1.5

This book was not what I would consider ya. It was filled with drugs, addiction, abuse, animal cruelty. I couldn’t relate to the main character at all and found myself upset for most of the book. I only liked one character the whole book. I am hopeful the third book is better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

raelinrou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail