Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

27 reviews

chanlo1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

Again, the prose in this book is stunning. So much lovely poetry and creative writing. Rachel Gillig is a beautiful writer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, and Vomit

isabelleroyall's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Gore, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

I love a duology because it moves the story along but gives you enough time to delve into the important aspects of the plot. This book was a satisfying conclusion to the story of Elspeth, Ravyn, the Nightmare and the whole cast of characters working to try to unite the deck of Providence cards and save Blunder from the encroaching fog. I really liked that we got to dive more into Ione and Elm's stories and their unique motivations alongside the stories of Elspeth and Ravyn. Tying all these storylines together gave us a better insight into the history of the Providence Cards and makes for a very rewarding outcome. The last 100 pages were tense - I blew through the back half of this book because I needed to know what would happen as time was running short. A truly enjoyable series and would recommend it to folks looking for a dark/gothic fantasy that you can tackle in a short amount of time with a romance sub-plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

tmholsman_1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Y'all. I'm wrecked. I finished the duology that I never wanted to end. Both of these books have my heart. I don't think I will ever stop thinking about them. I don't normally binge read books because I grow tired, but I had to binge read these. I couldn't help myself. I never wanted to leave this world.

Be wary.
Be clever.
Be good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic relationship

annaka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Love the world she’s created and the mysteries throughout the story. This book is a bit more violent and smutty than the last one but overall I still really enjoyed the read and world. 
Rachel Gillig is definitely an author I’ll return to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Terminal illness and Vomit

vic_to_ria's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This book went by quickly. I liked the first one well enough but I really enjoyed this one. To me the pacing was better and so much more going on. It was fun. This one also includes multiple POV’s and that really helped build the story and get the plot going as quick as it did. Highly enjoyed, would recommend. 
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I will say I wasn’t warned about the sexual content so here’s the warning. It wasn’t a consistent thing- only described twice at around 30% and 60% I believe but it did feel like it came out of nowhere for me-but I can’t read (heh pun intended) social situations 100% the first time around so it could have been building tension and I just didn’t pick up on it. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

unboundbooklover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ellalouisedavey's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

First 200pages were a slug for me, if I didn’t listen to the audiobook I wouldn’t have made it to the great pay off at the final 100 pages. I really enjoyed the switch in perspectives, at times it could be really confusing but at its best it increased tension. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood