Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Very Bad Company by Emma Rosenblum

4 reviews

sallyfeiner's review

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Racism, and Sexism

uranaishi's review

adventurous emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

10tlgibs's review

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

gwenswoons's review against another edition

dark funny fast-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

Haha, I don’t know - I liked it! Sometimes I need a not-that-deep book in between the other tearjerkers and great art (last couple ones: This Summer Will Be Different and Colton Gentry’s Third Act, respectively) and this was the perfect palate cleanser. Rich people behaving badly, a not-very-surprising murder mystery plot, no character development (all intentional!!). I think Emma Rosenblum’s writing is funny and perceptive and even a little sexy, and it’s fun for me to live in this awful world she builds (so different than my own for so extremely many reasons, haha) for a little bit. I liked Bad Summer People too and I’ll definitely read her in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism