Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

A Toca das Raposas by Nora Sakavic

47 reviews

melani_e4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

i fucking love this trilogy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual harassment

sophie22's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, Drug use, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

booksinacottage's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical trauma, Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

lucy11110's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The plot is as absurd as it is entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, and Cursing

books_calm_my_soul's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Bullying, Mental illness, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Sexual violence

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Torture and Physical abuse

infinite_helix's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I literally cannot rate this. It’s amazing. It’s awful. I want to hide the characters away and also smack half of them upside the head for being assholes. So many words/labels/tropes tossed around that SHOULD NOT BE USED, especially without being condemned or acknowledged as harmful. But omg did I devour this. Like in two days. As in: up till the wee hours squinting at my phone screen. As in: immediately had the urge to make myself a jersey for this fake college sports team. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

Literally so many horrible things propelling all of the characters and their relationships but the overarching plot is that they are all (except for Andrew) desperate to play this sport that consumes their lives and gives them purpose. To the point they’re willing to face off against gangs and their horrible pasts barreling towards them for the chance to make this team legendary. They are all deeply traumatized and have terrible coping mechanisms and take it out on each other frequently. But they are also a team, and they will not let one of their number be taken away.

harleybarley's review against another edition

dark 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

1.75

Fair warning this is long 

 I don’t usually leave reviews on books, but I felt like this one required one. Felt like a “dark fanficition” on watt pad and I don’t think any of the content that required warnings was handled well managing to be too graphic, and horrible described at the same time. If I had not read content warning a head of time for this series’s it would be incredibly distressing and it makes me worried for some of the content warnings I’ve seen for the rest of the series’s
The F slur and R slur really just pop out at you, creating really distressing jump scares. For a series that’s marked as LGBT+ the slur is used very liberally. Along with the fact that the only openly gay character to commit sexual assault and have little to no consequences felt very weird to me and made me hate him. Actually To be fully honest I hated most of the main cast. 
I’m willing to give the rest of the series a shot, as this is a favorite series of a close friend, but I’m questioning her taste. 
Neil story has promise to be interesting so it has that going for it. Other redeeming qualities include a unique relationship between characters that I hope is done justice, and some really interesting plot set ups. If these pan out throughout the rest of the series it might redeem a small part of this book. In the end I feel very conflicted about the book, with the writing style not being my favorite because of a lack of world building and a confusing and rushed intro to a ton of characters all at once, 
I just hope the rest of this series is handled a bit differently. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

pitsikakku's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Ableism, Homophobia, Drug use, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent

emilymarbeck's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Hate crime, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, and Toxic relationship