Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

34 reviews

julee_melii's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body horror

jedilibrarian's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

luckyamiers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

I loved the webtoon and now in love with the print version. The print job is beautifully done; call me an old soul or whatever but I prefer the print versions over the digital. The author knows her mythology and adds the little subtleties to all the characters, but brings them to a "relatable" story structure. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

eahoffm2's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

tanniegames's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

I read lore olympus through the Web toon app but it is wonderful having it in a book form and being able to read it in an easy to read format. The story is just wonderful and mostly optimistic despite dealing with hard topics. A wonderful read with lovely artwork. Though I would say it's lovely to see how Rachel's artistry has grown over the time of creating lore olympus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

jackieyvette's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

I picked this up as a quick read and finished it in a 30 minute sitting. I would recommend it for a good palate cleanser between books, which is exactly what I picked it up for. There is a couple of triggers in it for sure so I would recommend looking at the tw before picking it up. 

Crying Score: I didn’t, but I could see why someone would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

_savannahreads_'s review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.5

The colour palette and illustration style of this book is amazing. A modern retelling of the Greek myths/gods - Hades and Persephone in particular. There are lots of problematic relationships and topics within Greek myths so be wary - the book comes with a reader warning so use caution and self care before reading. As someone who has toxic past relationships I found this manageable and the way the story is told so far is light on detail with these topics. However did struggle close to the end with coersion and assault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

lisa_m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

I love greek mythology, I love Hades and Persephone and I love graphic novels so I already knew before starting to read this that I would like it.
What I did not know though was that this graphic novel is portraying a lot of heavy topics and that caught me of guard. Especially the rape scene was a lot. But just generally I would not recommend this to everyone for that reason. I do think it was all handled really well and respectfully.
Please do look at the trigger warnings though! Since it is visually portrayed I think it can be especially triggering.

I really enjoyed reading this book though. The drawing style is gorgeous and I felt really immersed in the story. There is great attention to detail and that helps with the main problem I have with graphic novels (them feeling too short and the characters not being flashed out enough).

I am definitely reading the second book as well and I'm really excited for it too. The only reason this isn't a 5 star read for me is that it made me feel bad because of all the darker themes. It is really close though and I might give it 5 stars after a reread in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence