Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

3 reviews

larareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Incest, and Alcohol

mallory10100's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

wow this was a great read. bought it because i love the haunting of bly manor and knew that it’s based on a book called the turn of the screw, and there were so many similarities with the show it was fun. so many great twists at the end that i definitely didn’t see coming!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Infidelity, Excrement, Dementia, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

i loved this book homophobia TW is there bc the author uses the F slur for cigarettes because she’s british

aimzthereader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Ruth Ware does it again, a tense mystery/thriller where I did not guess the ending at all! Iverall I really liked it and there were times I felt spooked but never scared, so I wished it went a bit further in that aspect. The twists were done really well though and I liked the ending (a lot of people seemed to not like it though) 

 I would say there were times where I felt the book was moving too slow and I didn’t like the idea of this being a LONG letter she was writing to a lawyer but mostly I was able to ignore that and get engrossed in the story. It wasn’t my favorite of her books but it was still really good. Read if you like spooky domestic thrillers where you won’t guess the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infidelity and Blood