Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Exalted by Anna Dorn

12 reviews

mtrics's review

dark funny slow-paced

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

3.5

How can this be so bad but also one of the best things I've ever read?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Stalking, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

orangewitchling's review

dark funny slow-paced

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

2.5

It’s surprisingly funny, but the characters are incredibly annoying and to top it off I heard the audiobook and I cringed with every word. It was a bit too slow for me so I skipped the whole second part lol, but the first and last part were entertaining enough. Overall, not my kind of book but the plot was so unhinged that I had to finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

haley_mil_reads's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Toxic relationship

apoppyinthewind's review

dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

A odd book with Emily & Dawn, two characters who are pretty unlikable, have incredibly messy lives, and are completely obsessed with astrology. Yet I was pretty sucked into reading their miserable altering POV chapters. Which is impressive because I normally DNF books with characters I dislike. It hits that sweet spot between loathsome & train wrecks you can’t look away from.

Still, it wouldn’t be on the top of my recommendation pile.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

tkhz's review

dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

A dual-perspective novel following two astrology-obsessed main characters in Southern California who are disconnected from reality in their own ways. One is a delusionally confident, prone-to-arson late 40's lesbian, the other a mid-20's starving actress turned astrology influencer out of necessity.

Both of our narrators are deeply flawed people and the book explores how they see the same people and events in wildly different ways. However, while it's okay to have imperfect characters, I found myself pretty annoyed with both of them because of their delusional tendencies. It felt like both characters spent the entire story lying, daydreaming, manipulating people, and not really doing anything while facing no consequences or really changing as people.

I also was not a fan of the accidental incest plot twist. Felt too weird and unhinged even for a book that is inherently both of those things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual harassment

erika4america's review

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Abandonment

evelovesreading's review

the homophobia, sexism and hate in general is just too much 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Lesbophobia

buckupcamper's review against another edition

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

0.25

this book is terrible. it's such horrible writing. i'm not completely unconvinced this is just a polished version of a bot-composed novel--an AI that was solely fed social media exchanges from millennials and garbage reality television. and the narration--egads!! it was the worst. bot-like as well. 
the frequent support for elon musk and roman polanski was an odd choice. the characters were all insufferable (with the exception of cinnamon).
just ...yikes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexism

night_shift's review

challenging funny fast-paced

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

3.0

The main characters were awful lol but this was a lot of fun. I had a funny thought as to where it was going really early on and was right 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

ecn's review

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely insane and hilarious. I hated the characters but also loved every second of this crazy ride

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol