Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Mary by Anne Eekhout

3 reviews

bellsdixon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Biphobia, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

streberkatze's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The mix of historical fact and fiction was unlike anything I had ever read and made for an instantly engrossing read. The parallel timelines as well as the switches in narrator perspective worked really well and created a tension that kept me on the edge of my seat until the final page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

chelsevie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship