Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica

7 reviews

ohyeahshebomb's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow. Okay so I loved the feeling of calling a "big twist" early on and then there being another twist I didn't see coming and so it makes me think, was the first twist even a twist? Was I not just super smart? I'm starting to have doubts... lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Violence, Drug use, Misogyny, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Murder

theromanticace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

thatonecatmom's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Confinement, and Mental illness

espressoreader's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, Bullying, Mental illness, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, and Homophobia

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Look I literally guessed everything mostly like 20% through and then the rest at like 50%. The first 75% of this was kinda boring because nothing happened,but the last part was so action packed it brought my rating up. Also Sadie was a big idiot for real. Also SLIGHT SPOILER it has mental illness as a plot device which is not the greatest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

lifebinder's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jadeandsuch's review

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

My God. This book is thrilling, to say the least. Timid and small Sadie, brash and confident Camille, charming and caring Will, this book has a wonderful band of characters that you can’t help but hate to love and love to hate. Initially, I was worried the story would be sluggish but I was happily mistaken. While I had pieced together a couple of the twists, I absolutely did not see some of the turns coming! 

A remarkably paced story with a band of untrustworthy narrators, I would definitely recommend this book to anybody looking to get out of a reading slump or if you’re just obsessed with psychological thrillers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent