Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Reckless Girls: A Novel by Rachel Hawkins

60 reviews

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

Nothing happens and then everything happens at once. The pacing is very off and the characters aren't nearly compelling enough to carry the story during the first 3/4 of the book. Also, THIS IS WHY I DON'T READ BLURBS. There's an event mentioned on the back cover that doesn't happen until PAGE 250!!!!!! WHY?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Car accident

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

I liked the writing style a lot, but I felt like nothing much happened until the last 100 pages. I enjoyed reading about the adventures of the characters exploring this creepy, deserted island, but I was waiting for the other shoe to drop the entire time I was reading. I knew it was a murder mystery, but the build up to the murder was really drawn out. I did like the end and the reasoning behind all the murders. We love a feminist book, even if the strong women might actually end up being villians! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chess4's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

chanlo1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Violence, Cannibalism, and Car accident

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

danajoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, and Car accident

Minor: Cannibalism

anne_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

I liked this story and really any one where the girlies fight back. I liked how the story all came together, and I was really interested in the fictional island. Lux is a wild name for a character, though haha

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Classism

syazahaniss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Loved the creepy vibes from the get-go because I trusted not a single person who was introduced. The book was pretty fast-moving too so coupled with the creepiness, I was already hooked.

What threw me off though, was what happened afterwards on Meroe Island. I expected a dead body to be instantly found (or like within a few days) and they had to scramble to find out who did it and what was the motive lest they become the next victim. But this part was pretty slow-moving (the first body was discovered nearly 2 weeks later).

Some of the fights and conflicts were also confusing. I guess the author meant to make it such that it was the influence of the island that made them that way but because I didn’t trust anyone, I kinda just assumed they were inherently like that i.e the island didn’t play a part.

The “flashback” portions also felt unnecessary since the cliche big reveal scene in the last few chapters kind of summarised it all so I really didn’t appreciate the Before chapters, because they confused me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, and Sexual content

elzibub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use and Infidelity

Minor: Murder and Abandonment