Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

5 reviews

cadigits's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Rape

rduncan's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Rape, and Toxic relationship

oddsbodikins7's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

1.0

The writing is good, but holy moly the giant red flags in this book. Mental health issues, rape, legal issues, toxic relationships... Yikes doesn't even begin to describe it. A "mixed" but very white presenting rich boy rapes a local girl, he goes to trial and is convicted,  victim discovers she's pregnant and flees the state. She returns due to her father's health and finds he's been besties with the perp's brother. The brother then proceeds to tell many white lies to everyone regarding the child's existence, woos the victim and everyone is totally cool with all of this. 

NOPE. I'm not buying AT ALL that a rape victim would fall in love with the perp's brother. Or that all her PTSD would go away in one summer. Or that her family would be so cavalier about her safety and mental health. Or that this supposed "genius" child wouldn't catch on to anything. This is supposed to be a romantic story and the ICK is all over it. Finished, but barely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Abortion, Pregnancy, Car accident, Classism, Gaslighting, Suicide, Rape, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Cancer, Sexual content, Grief, Incest, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

itscassie's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Rape, Violence, Medical trauma, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Suicide

corriejn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

Well-crafted story about a woman returning to her hometown after a number of years, having left shortly after a sexual assault as a teen. (While the assault is not detailed in the book, the story heavily centers around its after-effects and the choices various characters have made.) Lots of complex, dynamic characters and no easy/perfect options. There are a handful of minor narrative/geographic/timeline inconsistencies that I found slightly distracting (but not enough to impede the story overall), or it'd be 5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Death, Classism, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Car accident, and Rape