Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

American Gods: Author's Perferred Text by Neil Gaiman

20 reviews

maya_moksha's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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

0.25

Vile

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

ashleythebookwhore's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

I’m convinced this whole book is a one-man con and we all got played. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Infidelity, and Car accident

Minor: Incest and Fire/Fire injury

heckgoshdang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

c4rn4ge's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

m0rdred_the_fallen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

Primer libro que leo de Neil Gaiman, definitivamente voy a buscar su bibliografía porque este libro fue un favorito casi instantaneo.

Digo casi instantaneo porque cuando me di cuenta que el libro no iba a ser estratagemas, reuniones tácticas, ataques y contrataques (como pensé por la reseña en la contraportada) tuve la tentación de poner en pausa mi lectura y buscar otro libro. Pero, poco a poco, me fui adentrando más y más en la historia tanto por Sombra como por las trastadas de Wednesday.

Lo que más me gustó fue lo diverso de los seres míticos y deidades que aparecen en el libro, realmente es un catálogo diverso de personajes que me tuvo pensando en que deidad podía ser tal o cual personaje; mis favoritos fueron: 

• Anansi > el Sr. Nancy
• Thot > el Sr. Ibis
• Anubis > el Sr. Jacquel
• Bastet > la gata de Ibis y Jacquel
• Loki, el preso Low Key Lyesmith

También me impulsó a reflexionar en los apartes del Sr. Ibis, el monólogo de Sam Cuervo Negro sobre aquello que una persona puede creer con todas sus peculiaridades, adendos y lógica particular.

Hubo, aún así, dos historia que me impactaron:

1. La historia de los dos hermanos vendidos como esclavos, ¿cómo sería nuestro mundo si los imperios esclavistas hubiésen colapsado mucho antes de lo que hicieron? ¿Y si no hubieran existido? No solo la falta de arrocidades, dolor y sufrimiento, pero la mezcla de razas, la mutilación social y cultural que muchos pueblos sufrieron ¿Cómo serían las culturas y nuestro mundo moderno? ¿Cómo hubiera sido el intercambio cultural entre países sin estos imperios?
2. Los niños asesinados en Lakeside, la monstrousidad que los humanos creamos en esos dioses tribales y los pobres niños que pagaron con su vida la sed de sangre de Hinzelman.
   Muy Omelas si me lo preguntan.

En cuanto a Wednesday, al principio fue como Ugh, maldito arrogante suertudo pero luego que le roba a la cajera, a los negocios y sobretodo como trata a Pascua y a la mesera del café me quise meter al libro para golpearlo y decirle que me importa un comino su berrinchito porque ya no le matan gente o animales en su nombre. Es peor, mucho peor, que la mesera a la que trata como basura.

Por último, el final del libro fue tan sorprendente como el desprecio que le agarré a Wednesday, que es mucho. Puedo decir con certeza que me alegro

de que Sombra les haya echado por tierra todo su teatrito y su guerra fabricada. Mira que tener un niño con una completa extraña solo para manipularlo de esa forma, solo Zeus es así del mal padre.

Y estoy seguro que, sinportar lo que Wednesday o Loki digan

el robo salió mal y encarcelaron a Sombra por favorecer su maldito plan. De esa forma, podían aprovechar para que Sombra estuviera vulnerable no solo por la ruptura de su relación como por la muerte de Laura. Además, seguramente, la mataron por puro gusto, no porque sirviera de algo; otro bendito "castigo" a la humanidad por no hacer como Wednesday quiera.

Como si alguno de los dos mereciera otra cosa que el olvido.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Grief, and Abandonment

trying_ceratops's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.5

I ended up liking this book by the end but the docked stars are for the pace of the book and the fact I’ve tried to read this 3-4 times before unsuccessfully and finally pushed through this time. The mythology is neat, there’s definitely some misogyny, and the character development is the main character is well done but takes forever. The middle felt like a nothing happened.  All that said, that should show how good the rest of the story is to get it up to 3.5. I know people who love this book and would argue its merits until they’re blue in the face, but I probably won’t re-read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

ded_c's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lancemama's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and War

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ourlittlelibaryt's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

Es war ein unglaublich schwer zu lesendes Buch. Obwohl mich die Geschichte interesiert hat musste ich mich häufig durch die Seiten zwingen. Die Themen und Story sind sehr interessant können es aber nicht alleine aufrecht halten. Am besten fand ich die Kurzgeschichten von Wututu und Agasu, Essie und Salim und des Dschinn.  Noch anzumerken ist das viele gerede über Titten, Klöten und stahlharte Erektionen. Aight I guess

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Slavery, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and War

Minor: Body horror, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

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