Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal

3 reviews

hdunscombe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Infidelity, and Car accident

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I really enjoyed this book, and I was impressed at how the author could so intimately describe the characters' emotions. It was also a really complex look at the characters, which made them feel really human. People are extremely imperfect and make mistakes that hurt people, but we can't easily put them into boxes that are as simple as "good" and "bad." Will definitely read this author again. He had some really good turns of phrase.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Outing

mraddd's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer and Infidelity