Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Wanted by Sara Shepard

2 reviews

phoehems's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

What a finale.

I had my suspicions about CourtnAli. At first I thought it was Ali. Then when she revealed the story of Courtney pretending to be Ali, I thought it actually was Courtney. But man oh man, I did not expect it to be Ali, and the Ali we knew from the past to be Courtney. In all honesty this now feels like that bit from 'Friends': They don't know that we know they know we know... Let's just say CourtnAli was a bit unhinged. I quite like the ending to be honest. I thought it was well written, fast paced, and tense. A part of me wishes one of the 4 would have died. I don't know, I think it would have been interesting and unexpected. That kind of took away from the suspense - I knew all 4 of them would survive.

Anyway, I think this is all wrapped up quite nicely. Apart from that ending sentence. That was unnecessary. I could have written that in Year 2. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Stalking and Toxic friendship

sunflowerlu's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Grief