Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

14 reviews

quotablehedgehog's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

laura_nel13's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

Minor: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

margaretwaltemath09's review against another edition

reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

livelaughomo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-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: Adult/minor relationship and Misogyny

Moderate: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy

cleotheo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

Minor: Violence

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-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? Yes

4.25

I think I need to read the physical versions of Ms. Austen's books to get the full impact, but I love her moments when you gasp from the very depths of your soul. I also liked picturing Elinor as a meme where she is just trying to astral project to somewhere else while everyone won't shut the heck up around her. A treat, as usual.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death and Death of parent

toffishay's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad slow-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

4.25

I really loved this book! Elinor and Marianne have such a fun relationship and their different approaches to love and relationships were very engaging. I loved Elinor too! She is maybe my favorite Austen character now, with Anne from Persuasion as a close second. But Elinor is so strong and funny and interesting. All of her inner dialogue and her willingness to be sharp when she needs to be, made me glad that she is who we follow. I also liked Marianne though and I think she gets shorted in the book a bit. Yes, she engages in flights of fancy but she is 17! I liked the moments where Elinor was able to be there for her though and support her; how they were really able to support each other. Like all Austen books, the end seems to wrap up a little too quickly to me and there is a point in the second volume where things really slow down. Some of the back-and-forths and misunderstandings could have been cut, especially because some are resolved so quickly that they don't impact the plot at all. But I had a good time reading this one and could see myself revisiting it before some others from Austen :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

tigeryear's review against another edition

lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

1.5

Everyone was opp in this book. Rough read -- not that it was hard to comprehend, but in that it was boring drudgery. It didn't work for me as a satire, after my first read I'm not convinced the characters even had development, and if you have to say "we're not really blood related [insert whine]" -- you failed!

Mash that up with some early 1800s pedophilia and you've pretty much got the plot of this.

Disappointing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol

literally marianne was given three options: frivolous ninny, taboo creeper, or spinster. which would YOU pick? this would make a good play, honestly, but austen?? why?? would you not comment prejudicially upon this topic?!

I'll have to read it again to really understand the point of this. If you haven't already, drop this, go and read Pride and Prejudice.

reiven's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

marthadude's review against another edition

challenging hopeful lighthearted slow-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

3.25

I honestly don’t get the Jane Austen hype. I felt like Austen was just writing in circles and I had to turn to online chapter summaries to determine what I just read. Getting through the last 100 pages was like pulling teeth. There were fun moments here and there but overall I wasn’t the biggest fan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death and Death of parent