Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Every Vow You Break, by Peter Swanson

14 reviews

lynchca's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Couldn’t put it down. Read in one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This was a pretty interesting concept for a book, but it just didn't work for me. I felt the book was very slow paced and it seemed like nothing was really happening for majority of the book. For the most part, the twists were pretty predictable and a lot of the plot was either too far fetched or flat. This book didn't feel like a thriller to me. Really this book was just about an island of misogynistic men. It seemed to end very abruptly, though there was an epilogue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Stalking

batcaves's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, and Murder

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Suicide

alexhaydon's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Infidelity, Blood, and Murder

ekmoore11's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

nota_candycaine's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol

midnight_rose_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death

kayrenee521's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

hillarydanielle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Male voices of the audiobook weren’t great and the third person narrative was strange since the story was all from Abigail’s point of view. Pretty predictable storyline but relatively fast paced, would recommend reading in one go. Overall felt like an unfinished first draft, lots of potential but nothing was fully connected  and fleshed out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Rape