Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Every Day by David Levithan

19 reviews

hannah_27_'s review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Addiction, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Body shaming

paperquilt's review

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Grief, Misogyny, Addiction, and Body shaming

Minor: Car accident, Violence, and Self harm

bittersorbitol's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Wasn't a huge fan of Rhiannon, so it made me really frustrated when

Spoiler

A kept wrecking people's lives/relationships for her.

Overall though, I loved the concept of the body switching and wish it would be explored further!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Confinement, Transphobia, Addiction, and Child abuse

Minor: Bullying, Death, Toxic friendship, and Car accident

Because of the nature of the body switching, it covers a lot of different life scenarios, which includes a lot of possibly triggering situations.

novella42's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of my favorite books. In spite of the many different content warnings, it's one of my favorites to give to teenagers because it's the best recipe I know for empathy. 

I turn to the excellent audiobook to get me through hard days.

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Today I re-read it on the long road trip to my grandfather's funeral, and had completely forgotten about the scene where A witnesses the funeral of a beloved grandfather. It happened when I was twenty miles away from the church, and the writing was so powerful and the different layers of grief resonated so intensely with me that I started sobbing. (Luckily my partner was driving.)

I just... I keep coming back to this book because it keeps meaning more and new and different things to me at different times in my life. I know it's a young adult book, but I'm 37, and was born with a disability. As a kid I would have given anything to have A's blessing/curse. The story of A's life reminds me of the many different facets of human existence, and helps me feel less alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Grief, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexism, Stalking, Violence, and Transphobia

Minor: Drug use and Self harm

lauralintunen's review

hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Death, Religious bigotry, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug abuse, Self harm, Car accident, Drug use, Addiction, Bullying, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

grinnoir's review

adventurous emotional reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

samg01's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Cursing, Alcohol, Car accident, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Bullying, Gaslighting, and Addiction

suklaa's review

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

3.5

Mixed feelings but I mostly liked this book. I love the writing. It was my favorite part of this book. I swear every chapter had at least one quote or thought that I would like to get tattooed or framed on the wall!

But to the actual contents of the book. I do like the premise of a person/being who wakes up in a different body everyday. I loved seeing all the lives A lived through in this book. Overall A is such a good protagonist besides a few questionable actions. I found it annoying how they kept trying to get Rhiannon to break up with Justin. Yes, he was toxic but still, is it fair to constantly push someone into breaking up with their partner just because you think you're better for them?? Also I really didn't care much for Rhiannon. She just didn't seem that interesting to me. 

The story was good but it ended so suddenly. Towards the end were given all of this new information of A and others like them but then the book just ends. And people had to wait for the sequel for 6 damn years!!!

Another complaint I have is that in the Vic chapter Rhiannon misgenders him multiple times but she doesn't get fucking corrected?? Like even if it's supposed to be the character's thoughts neither A or the narration points out how wrong it's to misgender someone. Also this is probably the reason why I don't like Rhiannon. How can A praise her for being "kind" when she's an transphobic ass 💀 Another character who they did dirty was the overweight kid who's name I forgot. He deserved better!! Both A and Rhiannon were so cruel to him :((

Althought there were some mistakes with some of the characters, I really liked how most of them were written. The chapter with the depressed girl made me cry. 

"Because then maybe she'd realize, if only for a split second, that even thought the world doesn't matter to her, she matters to the world".

Overall, this is a nice book but it does come with flaws. Please check trigger warnings before reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Transphobia

zannayo's review

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming and Toxic relationship

charliethebooklover's review

slow-paced

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

0.25

This book was...something. At first, I thought I liked it, but after time, I realized, there was no way The characters were bland and unlikeable, and the book felt like it was trying to be the best book ever, and it failed. I hate our characters with a passion, the mental health themes triggered me severely, so I can say genuinely, that this book was not good for my mental health. The so-called romance, was rushed, boring, and included two characters that make my blood boil. There was not one character I liked. Not to mention, the way our main character messed with others lives, doesn't pay up for his actions, and has no regard for others. He's manipulative, he blatantly objectified the women in these book, and he was excused because reasons? The love interest is clearly uncomfortable with the idea of dating him because of their gender, and the main character pressures her, making her even more uncomfortable! My least favorite book of the year so far, maybe ever This book is just a  mess, and in the worst way possible. Sometimes, it pops into my mind, and I get angry. As usual, please check the trigger warnings, if for some reason you chose to read this book. Mental health comes first!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Addiction, Infidelity, Misogyny, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship