Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

130 reviews

thirdtimesacharm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Blood, and Alcohol

jtwindsor's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer

lucykateburns's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Violence

amaya_jam's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

edit: lowered rating to a 4 star

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment

Minor: Abortion

rowynnreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I am speechless sitting here, ugly-cry-tears on my face, in the library of my university. I just couldn’t stop reading from 60-100%. I was scared the amazing reviews Would have mislead me into buying a mediocre/bad book, but I honestly the praise it gets doesn’t even cover this story positively enough.

I added a spoiler-warning, so be aware… I have some things to say and some emotions to express. (I wrote this immediately after finishing the book)

The characters=
Monique and Evelyn are easy to fall in love with and to live with them through all the heartache. I hated the characters Taylor Jenkins Reid intended to be hated and I loved the characters who were intended to be loved.

Heartache =
Especially in the last chapters. My heart broke from the minute Harry died. My heart shattered when Celia died, And I haven’t even talked about the 2 points that hurt the most…

Topic 1:
LGBTQIA+=
The big plottwist: Evelyn framed Monique’s dad for Harries and his death… reading her dead was just like Harry and loved Monique even more… gosh darnit it broke me… don’t get me wrong, I love the Celia x Evelyn storyarch (and the fact that historical queer moments also existed in this fictional story, like the Stonewall Riot) but the dad … that part was soul crushing.
However, I am sure this emotion is partly to me being in the LGBTQIA+ community!

Topic 2:
Cancer=
Her daughter died of breastcancer… Evelyn had breast cancer. It hit home and it hit home hard. By that time Evelyn lost absolutely everybody and I was certain the book would leave me sobbing.

There’s so many other things that are amazingly addressed in this book, like: domestic abuse, confidence, sexism, manipulation, etc, etc. It is too much to write down.

Conclusion: I thought The Midnight Library was the peak for this year already. I was wrong

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

rebeccaxpaige's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

tiffanysmith's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Abortion, and Pregnancy

snowydaze's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

This was a surprisingly good book. The characters and the way its written make for an excellent read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Abortion

_lilyeliza_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

i’m obsessed with this book. to begin, monique is entirely relatable and a very compelling narrator. seeing the way she changed throughout the time spent with evelyn was so satisfying to read, she is influenced by evelyn and i adore the way they work together. i personally interpreted evelyn’s perspective as being written through monique’s novel, in that case, her writing style is eloquent and direct. it does a wonderful job of portraying evelyn’s way of thinking, both her decision making in the past and her reflections in the present. evelyn is incredibly interesting and a very compelling character. she is a morally grey woman who uses her body as a type of currency in hollywood, yet despite mourning the things her mindset lost her, she doesn’t regret it at all. one of my favorite things about this book is the slight difference in writing style between monique’s story as a journalist and the retelling of evelyn’s. i really enjoyed this story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

abby_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol