Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

44 reviews

sillyduckie's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Kidnapping

arremsie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

2.0

the first half of the book was lowkey so bad that it was good, and that’s where my stars go to, but god the second half was just bad. i was struggling to want to finish it because i just kept cringing and rolling my eyes at not only the characters but the plot lines as well. also as a vegas native, those parts were so……. i can’t lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

tanacef's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

Undecided between 3.5 and 3.75 stars. It did leave me with a good HEA feeling, despite all of the drama and toxicity, which I tend to rate higher, but the subject matter was a little juvenile. My TBR wheel picked this book for me and I went in without expectations. It is definitely what I would consider a “guilty pleasure” read, about a toxic relationship between teenaged college students who do and get up to ridiculous and unbelievable things, but it was ultimately very titillating, and I couldn’t help but enjoy it, in the same way I enjoyed shows like The OC. I will consider reading the sequel, but probably not for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Vomit, Stalking, and Death of parent

whiskeywoman79's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.5

 If I remind myself that it is a book and not real I am okay with everything for 4 whole seconds. This book was WOW but not always in a good way!! I wanted to love the characters but they all had MAJOR flaws, so I found myself not knowing who I was cheering for or what outcome I was hoping for. That being said the dram was so amazingly written that I read all 418 pages in one day; unwanting to put it down!! This book will be something I am torn over reading and a guilty pleasure all at the same time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

lalabunny05's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Stalking

I know the tropes in the book are bad but I didn't know and I went on an emotional rollercoaster.

lanaluvsbooxs's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

cdkm9's review against another edition

Couldn’t finish it. Romanticizes violent, controlling, abusive behavior. It also annoyed me how it supposedly takes place in a college but instead is this weird high school- like environment where everyone eats lunch at the same time and sits in the same spot every day and is very invested in the relationship status of a few individuals. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Vomit

pink_peony's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

The relationship is very toxic and juvenile.

danaburrreads's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Death of parent

rafacolog's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence