Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Mädchen in Scherben by Kathleen Glasgow

53 reviews

alyssareads17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

mandala_eyes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Drug use, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Vomit, Rape, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Child death, Car accident, Blood, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

fanchera's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, Cursing, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

mlouise2974's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Suicide, Violence, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

purechaos's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Addiction, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Self harm, Hate crime, Medical content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, and Gaslighting

sarah_j90's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was heartbreakingly beautiful. I loved the short chapters and was really rooting for Charlie all the way through. The character stories are good but I felt like some of them seemed important and then just dwindled out. I've got the other three in the series so I'm looking forward to reading them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Violence

This book was heartbreakingly beautiful. I loved the short chapters and was really rooting for Charlie all the way through. The character stories are good but I felt like some of them seemed important and then just dwindled out. I've got the other three in the series so I'm looking forward to reading them.

francescalange's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Rape, and Suicide attempt

alexanderlightwood's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Death, and Blood

meelo_weelo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Holy shit, this book took me months to read, and i assure u the long breaks inbetween were necessary, but whenever i  d i d pick it up again, i couldnt put it down. Its heavy, and hard, and s o worth the read, this isnt a story shared w u, its a whole entire life, packed in neat pages full of neat words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Death

Its, super heavy

millie68278's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship