Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

63 reviews

balina_elah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death

verpissdich's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Extremely fast read, very interesting plot. Very visual. Leaves a lasting impression. Cool world construction.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Toxic relationship

futureofmydays's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

margauxjpg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

clarabooksit's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Suicide

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

jovial_glider's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Excrement and Murder

readinglitwithbritt's review against another edition

mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

tomas_lw's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

A haunting tale and an intriguing mystery. I could barely put it down. This is a story that will live in my mind for many years.

My only complaint is that there is a part of the book, after the central mystery is mostly revealed but before the climax begins to build where the book lost its pace and rhythm for bit but t got it back and stuck the landing magnificently. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death and Toxic relationship

It's not quite as bad as the tags make it sound though. But there's some heavy stuff in it.

shannabanana6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a really cool sci fi book. The world of the Labyrinth was so cool and Piranesi's love and reverence toward it and the world is admirable, to find beauty in everything is not easy but I think that's the moral of the story here. There's also some more intense aspects too which is kind of a strange mix of trauma/sadness and love and beauty. I found the resolution at the end of the book rather satisfying although I want to know more bout how he's getting on in this new world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping