Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

One of Us Is Dead by Jeneva Rose

17 reviews

anntharai's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Lesbophobia, Classism, Misogyny, and Murder

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

3.25

The slowest burn I've ever read from a thriller. Only picked up at the 7 hour mark. Which is a little unfortunate that you spend 7 hours listening to only get 2 hours of intriguing action.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Bullying, Infidelity, Death, Classism, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Biphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, and Trafficking

just_klaudia's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

ksamaine95's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

Jeneva Rose has yet to disappoint. Queen of twists and yummy dialogue. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Classism, Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Alcohol, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Biphobia and Trafficking

lbooch24's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Trafficking

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Toxic relationship

alysereadsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Listened to the audiobook and enjoyed it - the voice acting was great and the plot was intriguing. I did find some of the writing repetitive, but the ending really saved the whole book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, and Bullying

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Outing, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

pisces1_1318's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I hope I never have to interact with any of these Karen's. This story is all about white shenanigans and how not everyone is your friend. Wasn't my favorite book. At one point I just wanted it to be done so I Googled the ending. I still finished the book despite spoiling the ending for myself. 

How did the detective not figure this thing out? Because in my humble opinion everything worked out perfectly for the women and they got off scotch free. Also these women talk to much. How are they going to keep this secret? They all like to backstab each other when they feel they will get the upper hand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

Not my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Gun violence, Infidelity, Classism, Murder, Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Lesbophobia and Trafficking

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

This felt like a 3 star read for the first half of the book. The characters are painfully unlikeable (on purpose) and the writing is quite good but I just don’t feel entertained by middle aged rich housewives. Then somewhere around 60% things got REAL. The characters still suck, but there are some dark twists that I did not see coming. Read this in one day, fun and unputdownable. If you’re a real housewives fan I think you would EAT this up! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Blood, Bullying, Misogyny, Vomit, Abandonment, Cursing, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Classism, Sexism, Sexual content, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Trafficking

sleeson's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

I did not see this coming. I love novels that show up and give me a surprise ending. However, I am a self proclaimed prude. Medium sexual content and medium profanity. I loved there were multiple narrators in the audiobook. It makes listening a lot of fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Moderate: Trafficking and Toxic friendship