Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

27 reviews

bgmartin0696's review

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

javafenn's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book wasn’t terrible it just didn’t seem to have a point. It takes place in dorms, most of the young women kind of suck, and then it ends and that’s that. It’s not bad but it wasn’t really all that great either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Sexual content, Medical content, and Classism

taylormoore's review

challenging dark funny tense 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: Bullying, Infidelity, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

margolovie89's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.0

This  reads more like a YA book. The book follows an RA, five dorm residents and a new professor at University of Arkansas. This book is fine but I would have enjoyed it more in junior high or high school.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

martinj's review

dark funny

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

lcg527's review against another edition

funny slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Blood

multilingualmontessori's review

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying and Toxic friendship

kaykitty24's review

funny reflective 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

Different from her 1st novel so if that is what you were looking for, it definitely does not fall in line with the deep contemplation around the issues of consumerism/classism/racism/queerness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

creadsfantasy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Biphobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Racism

lovelymisanthrope's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

3.5

I heard about this book from someone online, and I was excited to pick it up.
"Come and Get it" follows multiple women in an Arkansas college in 2017, and explores their different experiences. Agatha is a traveling professor who is trying to write a story about college girls. Millie is a senior resident assistant who is trying to figure out her life before she graduates next year. We also get to follow a couple of Millie's students she is watching out for in the dorm.
I really enjoyed that each character had a completely different personality and different struggles that were competing for their attention. I think this diversified cast really added a robust element to the story. I think almost any woman could read this book and identify with at least one person and their difficulties.
It is so difficult to be a young adult and try to navigate the world. All of the characters were flawed and made mistakes, some worse than others, and it added so much to the story to make it all the more relatable.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a story about how messy life can be, and I will definitely be keeping an eye out to read from Kiley Reid in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail