Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Ich gebe dir die Sonne by Jandy Nelson

4 reviews

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, Car accident, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, and Trafficking

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

sarahbohne's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

the_book_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

Such an amazing book - and if you're on the fence about whether or not to pick it up, all I can say is this: READ. IT. I can promise you that there won't be any regrets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Outing, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Homophobia, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Violence, Cursing, and Chronic illness

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Vomit

tragicgloom's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

3.0

It would have been an amazing book if it weren't for several problematic things I couldn't ignore. I usually don't write reviews but this book left me full of anger and disappointment.

So here are some of the things wrong about this book:
- female MC's sexual assault was hardly acknowledged
- ending felt rushed and there were so many things that needed to be talked over and resolved, it felt utterly unrealistic how everything was suddenly perfect
- and the biggest problem of all is this so called "relationship" between a MINOR (16F) and an ADULT (19M), such relationships should not be condoned and I was so disappointed with how it turned out that it completely ruined everything I previously liked about this book


 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse