Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel

6 reviews

patiolinguist's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Murder

pbandjane_library's review

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

verdenrow's review against another edition

Not a fan of the audiobook. The author’s beautiful narrative will have me revisiting this title soon in print form when my anxiety can handle it better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

kaitcetera's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.5

This was the most depressing book I’ve ever read and while I powered through, it was not worth it. I have enjoyed McDaniel’s writing in the past, but this book full of addiction, rape, violence, was too heavy. There is friendship and love but almost no hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, and Car accident

motleybooksandtea's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

This book. Oof. 

Stunning writing. SO LYRICAL. Passages and sentences is love to highlight and keep with me. But the content is brutal. REAL, and brutal. There were many times I thought I’d stop reading because it was so much to handle. But I’m glad I finished.

The topics are so hard but also so important. And she writes about them with honesty. 

This is the most trigger warnings I’ve ever attached to a book, so please look them up. For someone without many triggers this was still a highly difficult read.

I don’t think it would be fair to give this a star rating as it was BEAUTIFULLY written, and any issues I would have are my own. This novel is loosely based on true events as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

briwithabook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Pedophilia, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, and Pregnancy

So many content warnings for this book. If you have any triggers at all, I’d recommend researching content warnings before reading it.