Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Animal by Lisa Taddeo

31 reviews

imogenimi's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoy dark books but this was a bit much even for me at points. I flittered between being really engrossed and needing long breaks because I just wasn’t getting any pleasure at all from reading. Not necessarily a bad thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Gore, Child death, Violence, Abortion, Blood, and Medical trauma

katienunnery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Rape, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

lovelylilelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Dementia, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Drug use, Infidelity, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Blood, Death of parent, and Suicide

lily_kruse's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Dementia, Infertility, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Rape, Vomit, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Drug use, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

boywithtoothache's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Gore, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Rape, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

n0e11e0000's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Body horror, Ableism, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death, Animal death, Sexual violence, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Grief, and Addiction

Moderate: Confinement, Alcohol, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit, Cursing, Body shaming, and War

adrienne_rennie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Cursing, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Blood, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Medical trauma, Medical content, Abortion, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Mental illness

Minor: Car accident and Gun violence

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexism, Infertility, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Abortion, Body horror, Child death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Vomit, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Confinement and Forced institutionalization

_jeneane_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Took about 5 chapters to get into, but couldn’t put it down after the 8th.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual content

karanextweek's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

I hated this book. I hated everything about it. Every single character annoyed the shit out of me. I hated the way it was written, even though my visceral hate from literally page 1 is proof that the writing is good.
Pretty much every type of SA/r*pe is covered in this book. It was a lot. I hated it. Am I mad I read it? Kinda. But I don’t regret it. Maybe I do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Misogyny, Addiction, Rape, Body horror, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Child death, Pregnancy, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Death, Pedophilia, and Self harm