Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Pestilence by Laura Thalassa

25 reviews

parttime_heroine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

I can see why this book isn't for everyone, but I personally loved it - especially the character development!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Toxic relationship

emilyclairemcauley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

books_bunny's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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? Yes

4.0

This book surprised me, whilst I went in relatively blind and expecting an average read I found myself really enjoying this book. Some of the themes were a lot darker than I expected and, whilst I really enjoyed how the author wrote them, I can see why some people would not. If you are sensitive to certain themes I would recommend checking the content warnings beforehand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Medical content

jasirepe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

deerestdoe's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Can be fun, as long as you can ignore how ridiculous it is. Reading it in the middle of a pandemic feels kind of surreal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Child death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Mass/school shootings