Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith

7 reviews

rockyc5's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Sexism

amris's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

milesjmoran's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

reid23's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

pretty depressing in my opinion, characters are pretty unlikable, not really to my taste. well written and interesting plot though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood

julesandjude's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Patricia Higgsmith knows how to write a sociopath who you can sympathise with. The suspense is slowly building to its climax at the end and what an end it is.
Vic is intelligent and a book lover who is more fascinated by his snails than by his wife Melinda and her affairs. But under his calm lurk dark feelings... 
 "Deep Water" is a suspenseful, mysterious and sophisticated psychological thriller that is never dull. The relationship between Vic and Melinda is toxic and this novel is a precise deconstruction of their marriage. Loved it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

irenemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Gaslighting