Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen

19 reviews

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

tense 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? Yes

3.25

Kirsten Chen’s Counterfeit, while ultimately forgettable, proves an enjoyable read with unreliable, unlikeable characters and well-done narration by Catherine Ho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Terminal illness and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content

kyriannaj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.75

Part One of the book was a bit hard to get through, but as soon as Part Two started I was hooked. Ava and Winnie are incredibly complicated characters, and figuring out the truth of their story after finishing the book will have me thinking about it for days. It left me with questions and since I read this for a book club, the conversations we had about it were amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

theabee's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Xenophobia

Minor: Stalking

bethantg's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexism and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content

bones_jackson's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

1.0

Nossa que livro horrível, a história é muito sem graça, a personagem principal é uma péssima esposa e mãe. A estrutura do livro é horrível, não tem aspas nem travessão e tem que dar graças se a autora pula parágrafos pras falas, coisa ruim. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Deportation

kalehouse's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

(audio book) this was very middle of the road, nothing was super compelling characters or plot. actually, i really hated eva at first and the only thing that kept me listening was the hope that she couldn’t possibly be *that* annoying. she was redeemed towards the second half! still, this was pretty slow and i couldn’t relate much to eva. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

nataliesophia's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

krys_kilz's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was a really fun and light read! I didn't find the twist all that shocking, but I also didn't entirely expect it. It kept me engaged the entire time and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

It was difficult to read about Ava's autistic coded son, Henri, at times. I don't think Chen handled it poorly, but the ableism from family members and the lack of support was hard to witness as an autistic person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Medical content and Death of parent