Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling

58 reviews

keelirae113's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Torture, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia and Vomit

az13's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

Read For:

✓ Witches 

✓ Mystery Plot

✓ Good Friends 

✓ LGBTQIA+ Characters

✓ Witch Hunter (we hate you)

˗ˏˋ ★ REVIEW ★ ˎˊ˗

I have mixed feelings about this book but ultimately it was an entertaining read.  I liked the magic and the mystery of who the hunter was.  The friendships were also really nice for the most part.  And the one friendship I was rightfully cautious about ended how I expected.

I wasn’t a big fan of Veronica and all the relationship drama she brought to Hannah’s life.  The character development was good though with how Veronica changed by the end but she was pretty toxic at some parts of this book.  The ending though really annoyed me.  I know there is a second book which I’ll be reading but this ending felt too incomplete with having the witch hunter not be caught.

Spice Level: (it’s mentioned)

Angst Level: 💧💧💧

POV: First Person

Release Date: 28, May 2019

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death and Sexism

ellezagna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Biphobia

thelunarhorizon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

readtomea97's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Lesbophobia

jei_reads_sometimes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

The audiobook was great at capturing that teen voice without feeling weird.  Would recommend consuming that way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

epeolatrist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death and Toxic relationship

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

rafacolog's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

samlopez93's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-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

The main character just wasn't doing it for me. Very juvenile writing that I would have wanted at least some maturity from the characters by the end of the book. Not terrible, just not gripping.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship