Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand

11 reviews

blueyogi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Pregnancy

kmdowling90's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief and Sexual harassment

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

allisonplus's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual harassment

bloomingbookworm's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

Unfortunately I did not enjoy this book. I found it very slow, didn’t like any of the characters and hated all of the pop culture references (way too many and felt forced and “trendy”). I also hated the

cheating plot lines

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Classism

abbysingh's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

rachaelreadthat's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

brielowrey's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

This book could have been good. The story was a good idea. 
I only liked one of the characters, maybe two. Most were not lovable nor relatable. All were selfish.
The end was rushed and felt unfinished. 
There was a random narrator at the very beginning and randomly popped up, and we never find out who it is. Also, the dog has a narrative ?… but only 430~ pages in and once. It didn’t drive the plot or thought process at all.
The whiplash from the back and forth between the present and past! It was almost hard to keep up with. Tried too hard to have a weaving dynamic of characters.
I really wanted to like it but it felt like a superfluous read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

bloo_0's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

2.25

I really hated Matthew’s character, and the more I got to know him, the more I was so glad that he died in chapter one. Caroline may be given more grace, but I really disliked her for her attitude toward her mom. But the development between the two felt forced.

Given how pivotal Gigi’s role is, I was surprised how little she was featured, relative to  everyone else. I think it might’ve been because there were too many characters to focus on. Probably would’ve worked better with just three friends and a different title.

Epilogue felt cheesy. Book could’ve concluded without it.

So while I was  unsure what the big deal had been about this book, I thought it was cute the way the author highlighted her other book (The Hotel Nantucket) within this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Homophobia, Infidelity, Death of parent, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

sariereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Toxic friendship