Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

A Simple Favour by Darcey Bell

19 reviews

coco78337's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

Very middle of the road book. Didn’t really care about the characters or the twists. But a good “get your mind off things” book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Incest, Infertility, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

baileyamanono's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

sammmehhh's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Incest, Suicide, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

katie_lucht's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

kelly_e's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

Title: A Simple Favor
Author: Darcey Bell
Genre: Thriller
Rating: 1.5
Pub Date: August 28, 2018

T H R E E • W O R D S

Twisty • Disappointing • Superficial

📖 S Y N O P S I S

Emily and Stephanie are best friends. A Simple Favor kicks off when Emily asks Stephanie for a simple favour... pick up her son from school. But then, Emily disappears and no one know where she's gone. Of course, Stephanie knows something must be terribly wrong.

💭 T H O U G H T S

I'll start out by saying that I absolutely loved the concept of including blog style writing with a dual perspective narrative, as it allowed to contrast social media with real life. Unfortunately, the execution was poor and the good ended with that concept.

Yes, the story started out quite creepy, but it ended up being so unbelievable and corny that it was comical. The characters are all so unlikeable and unrelatable. The voice felt childish and not at all how adults would converse with one another. And to make matters worse the plot was so slow at times, that I'm not sure how I even ended up finishing.

I haven't seen the movie, but can definitely understand why people say this is the rare case where the movie is better. Do yourself a favour and skip this one. There are definitely thrillers out there focusing on female friendship and domestic drama that are more worth your time.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• no one

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"But if there were some version of luminol, the stuff they use to find blood at crime scenes, to detect the presence of grief, half the people we pass on the street would light up like Christmas trees." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Grief, and Murder

death of partner

yokaisbabe's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Incest

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Car accident and Murder

klubbgodis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

shortstackkat's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Abandonment

blubird's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Incest and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt