Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Near the Bone by Christina Henry

31 reviews

joy_ong's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Miscarriage

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape, and Torture

Rapes are not detailed.

heavensdark's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Kidnapping and Murder

katyannreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

jessab's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

A bit of a slow start but I quite liked the second half. Slow burn mystery with some criptid creature intrigue 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

Minor: Gaslighting

whitneyonline's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Is it really my first book of 2023 when I read 80% of it during the last week of 2022? Eh, I'll go with it.

It is a reach for this to be branded as a horror book. A thriller? Yes! But how is something a creature feature when the creature is hardly...featured? You could cut out all the parts with the monster in it and still have a coherent thriller. And I think there was a huge missed opportunity to go into the lore of the creature, making it the horror that it desperately wanted to be 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault

sphinxofblackquartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement and Drug use

szyca's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

jordanem1995's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The atmosphere in this book is fantastic. There's a couple frightening scenes in the beginning and I wish that tone was maintained more throughout the second half of the book. The ending was fine but I think it could have been better. Overall, I did really enjoy the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder