Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

3 reviews

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

becca_w_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Murder

sarahmae531's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

This book was on track to get a solid 4 stars from me, but the last twist near the end knocked it down a bit. I was so excited to read about

Thursday and Regina teaming up to help Hannah and take down a psychotic Seth

when in reality I had to read about

Regina abusing Thursday’s mental state to ruin her life.

 
I did like the back and forth of trying to figure out who is mentally sane and who isn’t, but by the end I was just left with a lot of questions and trying to figure out how/if certain things would actually work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide