Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Sabrina y Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

22 reviews

garynoplastie's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Abortion

spinesinaline's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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? Yes

4.0

Took a while for me to get into this one but the stories only got better and the last (Ghost Sickness) was definitely my favourite.

A lot of the stories were about abuses against women, from extreme physical abuse to systemic discrimination. As I’ve talked about before, this is one of my least favourite topics in books so it turned me off at first, especially as I hadn’t heard this about the stories from all the hype I’d seen for this collection. Still, the author’s strength in writing shines through so they were still enjoyable to read.

One point to mention, there were several uncomfortable uses of outdated terminology relating to Indigenous peoples. I assume part of this is due to the time period the author has set these stories in but I don’t think it was necessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical content, and Pregnancy

oliviareese's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Abandonment

jbabbm's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

chandranolynne's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Minor: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, and Alcohol

belle2008's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mscalls's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

clrieant's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

Well-written, and so honest. A hard but necessary read. I strongly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Car accident

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Ableism

sofiaxaguilar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Grief