Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

His & Hers by Alice Feeney

10 reviews

sizzlesteaks's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Violence, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Classism, Death, and Dementia

neen11's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Dementia, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

growintogardens's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

More graphic than expected, and too much focus on some of things mentioned in the content warnings. This book is trigger warning central, it's a lot. Surprised me here and there, but not her best. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Classism, Infidelity, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Car accident, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Suicide

clrouse'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Rape, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Gore, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Blood, Bullying, Death, and Dementia

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

whatiqreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Torture

Minor: Terminal illness, Dementia, and Cancer

marareading's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I ended up being more into this than I thought I'd be. I surprised myself. It has you guessing literally from the first to the last page. It is a gripping murder mystery with a full cast (and a ton of triggers, please be vigilant about them). I had previously read Rock Paper Scissors and it wasn't for me, but this book was going through my the traveling bookclub I run in my discord group and I am glad I ended up with it because I don't know that I would have gone with this author again otherwise. this is a fun weekend thriller read. Vigilant moment for sure. Solid 3.5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Bullying

xandraj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Bullying, and Dementia

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Car accident

ejanephillips's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

greatestheights's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5 stars. This was an extremely dark, messed up journey — one I was riveted by but just could not enjoy, especially at the end. Alice Feeney can write the hell out of a thriller, and there were genuinely terrifying moments all throughout.

Ultimately, this was maybe just a touch too triggering for me, and a good reminder that I need a break from this genre for a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Child death, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

nicole_g_'s review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Sexual violence, Body horror, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Toxic relationship