Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger

11 reviews

dosxhime's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Death, Cannibalism, Animal death, and Suicide

wyabook234'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Racial slurs

offtheraels's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child death, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racism

perkyanda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Whaaaaaaaaaaat

So normally I don’t really love the

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women be crazy

genre of horror, or

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gross out

horror, but here they join together perfectly in a <spoiler >gross disgusting sad fucked up tense whirlwind of ewwwww. </spoiler >

I can’t recommend this to anyone. It was literally nauseating. But it felt authentic and real and rough. 

The Dr. Fawning thing

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was a bit obvious too early for the reveal to have proper impact, but overall, I loved it bc it did show that deep inside she had juuuust enough self awareness to almost be able to help herself. But not enough, not enough.</spoiler >

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

ladyinverse's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I'd rate it higher if I could holy mackerel this was a very good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gore, Child death, Vomit, Cannibalism, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Death of parent, and Abandonment

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grieving and angry lesbian eats raw flesh.

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Body horror, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Violence, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Car accident, Child death, and Death of parent

patchespapercut's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I thought this was fine, the horrific parts were indeed horrific but I didn’t love how it all played out. I do love a gruesome novella though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gore, and Death

Minor: Cursing

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gore, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, and Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Cancer

ianv's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.0

beautiful and poetic writing style. morbid af

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

asukalangley's review

dark medium-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? Yes

2.75

cannibal codependent lesbian

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Suicide