Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

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11 reviews

suerte_encantada's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

sgrifgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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

I almost put this book down 8 chapters in because it was marketed so badly and the plot twist completely took me by surprise, and not in a good way. I’m glad I kept reading, because it ended up being a good book with lots of insight into all kinds of relationships: romantic, familial, friendships, and even with oneself. However, there are definitely things I would say people should know going in. 

In the back-of-the-book description, it mentions “in an instant, their lives are changed forever.” This is a sudden, tragic, and traumatic death of a loved one, and main character. A good portion of the book is spent describing, in vivid detail, the grief experienced by the narrator. The grief is very realistic and well written, and under different circumstances I probably would have appreciated the perspective. But I was expecting a fun, breezy romance, and this is quite serious content matter. As someone who recently experienced a similar unexpected loss, it was very hard for me to get through and I would have appreciated more of a warning. In my opinion, the book should have been marketed differently, or at the very least mentioned that grief is a main theme.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Dementia, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Minor: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

michelles_books9's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

katerina_l's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

theespressoedition's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

4.0

What an emotional roller coaster this book took me on! I was not anticipating it even a little bit and I honestly loved every heartbreaking minute of it.

I highly recommend going into this one with as little information as possible. That being said, I won't be sharing much in this review so as not to give anything away.

This book has a truly beautiful found family vibe to it that I absolutely loved. It was filled with complicated friendships that really brought something special to the story. While there was definitely romance in the book, it wasn't at the forefront of the plot. Shockingly, I appreciated that. I say "shockingly" because I'm someone who prefers a strong romance plot more often than not. But it made sense to keep it simple for the sake of this particular storyline.

I cried at least five times while I was reading, which isn't as typical for me. It was a pretty profound book overall with a lot of fantastic elements. Oh, and while it does handle more challenging topics, there is a cheerful ending.

Truly a fantastic novel. I'll admit that I wasn't the biggest fan ever of If I Never Met You, but after loving Just Last Night so much, I'm very much willing to continue reading her books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

ithaarelbagir's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Tip: Don’t read this anywhere u don’t want to look ridiculous holding your tears in.

I enjoyed reading it, it was a slow burn at first and the plot took a while to pick up but once it did it was very enjoyable. There are some tropes I don’t like but won’t mention cause of their spoilery nature (

falling for first kiss/crush a bit clichéd

) and the ending wasn’t given enough to breath. However, it was a rollercoaster I enjoyed going on and the

death of a best friend killed me, tore me up really

, was handled really well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship

gm_vak's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

aqtbenz's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, and Vomit

berodatheelf's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

memorable's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

This book gave me all the feels within less than 24 hours of plowing through it. Oh my!
This book is not just a book about romantic love, but also about platonic love between friends. And about loss and grief.

I would’ve loved to read more about Eve and Fin as a couple, because I did fall in love with them.

Edit: thinking more about it, I gotta admit that the ending was a bit too rushed for me. Some much happened on the last 50 pages, that I wish the book would’ve been a bit longer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Dementia

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death of parent, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Description of dead body Being in love with a friend for years Mentioning of J.K.R.