Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

747 reviews

kymberly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Abortion, Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Lesbophobia

srulon's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Cancer, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Death of parent

jessmnm's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Abandonment

itsgeesus's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

I avoided this book for the longest time because I feared it was overhyped for the sake of overhyping. But I shouldn't have, because it's very well deserved. In a lot of ways, it was magnificent. It was effortless to read and tough to put down. It's also been an incredibly long time since a book has bought me to tears, yet Seven Husbands had no problem; not once, but twice. This should be one on everyone's book list.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Abortion, Alcoholism, Death, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Outing, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

cdoubet's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Grief, Homophobia, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Drug use, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Outing, Gaslighting, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Hate crime, Body shaming, and Blood

Minor: Police brutality and Abortion

gronan13's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Physical abuse

Minor: Car accident, Abortion, Medical trauma, and Homophobia

aspenfcoleman's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Stalking

bookaddictlt's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Death, and Body shaming

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Racism, Infidelity, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Cancer, Car accident, and Alcoholism

marslotus's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

While I will admit this was a page-turner of a book, the writing styles of Monique's perspective versus Eveyln's never felt comfortable to me. That is to say I found myself drawn in when reading about Evelyn and annoyed at Monique's character (until the ending of course). She's introduced as honest and forthcoming but is often presumptuous when talking to Evelyn. It almost feels like two different people wrote the book, as I felt talked down to when explained bisexuality and LGBTQ+ issues. I would expect this from a teen novel, not from this story. But I can't deny my eyes watering at least twice near the end of the book. This is a good story, maybe my personal preference is just getting in the way of fully enjoying that. I didn't feel it had a strong start and I'm glad it got better the farther along I read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Car accident, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexual content, Homophobia, Outing, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Suicide, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Terminal illness, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexism, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

tree_branch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Car accident, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Injury/injury detail, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Misogyny, Outing, Eating disorder, Abortion, Racism, Suicide, Biphobia, Rape, Sexism, Cancer, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Homophobia, and Pregnancy