Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Broken Bonds by J. Bree

4 reviews

jackietanori's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

Okay, wait I liked this. Like a lot more than I thought I would. Yes, the main character is a little childish, but she’s also 19 so I give her a pass. 
I really like a couple of characters; Oli, Sage, Sawyer, Felix, Gabe and Gryphon. Nox can go die in a hole for all I care. 


Crying score: no. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Car accident, Rape, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit

zc2's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I was told it was going to be like Haunting Adeline, however it feels like a darker version of the Shatter Me Series. I will probably continue the series although with reading shatter me before hand, it does feel like a reread but with smaller twist. There wasn’t much background information so I kinda felt confused the whole time. The characters were kinda difficult to remember, like it was hard to match personalities with names. Not terrible but could be better.There weren’t really intense parts except for the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Trafficking, Abandonment, Car accident, Confinement, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

g_monaghan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

I think this is what they call a bully romance, almost DNF'd because they really are *mean* but the story has potential, I'd like a little more world building as I feel it's gone straight to fiesty teen drama without all the cool fantasy elements 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, War, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

erkietheturkey's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Mental illness, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Alcohol, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, and Grief