Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

2 reviews

lmfry's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Sexism, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Blood, and Alcohol

moon_peach's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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

5.0

Another great book by Lisa See. Our poor main character suffers so much and you really want to root for her. She has so much resilience 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship