Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Country Will Bring Us No Peace by Matthieu Simard

2 reviews

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

2.0

I think this would’ve been marginally better if I could read French; it felt like some of the prose was lost to translation. 

That being said, this was super underwhelming & kinda felt like a high schoolers attempt at writing ominous literary horror. Extremely choppy and disorganized with really promising passages every so often. The premise makes the antennae seem much more important than it is, and there is very little horror in this book. why people are recommending this in horror lists is beyond me. even calling it a thriller is tenuous. it’s mostly just depressing & makes less than 200 pages feel endless in a bad way 

not for me. also, this isn’t included in the rating but the ebook formatting was ABYSMAL; not sure who to talk to about that but yeah. did not do the cover or the typeface justice

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Abortion and Infidelity

kimberleydawn's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

Devastating but doesn’t leave you depressed. Hopefully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Medical content, and Alcohol