Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann

10 reviews

aduqu's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book made me upset. It's good, it kept me entranced the whole way through, but the main character is an awful person and I spent a lot of my time reading this being disgusted with him.

Definitely recommend it for fans of dark historical dramas who don't mind an unreliable narrator! Definitely do not recommend it for anyone who likes to root for the main character, or who doesn't want to read about toxic relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Murder

Minor: Vomit and Sexism

remimicha's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Blood, War, Rape, Violence, Slavery, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Murder, Medical content, and Mental illness

owlribbon's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and War

nowiamjim's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, and War

savvypotions's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, War, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

marlene2112's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Violence, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Rape

biab00's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

 Violent love eats up what it does love, and is mere appetite.

This was wild ride. The narrator is not a person that you easily sympathize (i didn't at all), you are in is head throught the whole book and by the end i just wanted to be free of this man's mind. 
Althought i hated this character most of the times, I would be lying if I said I didn't find his character fascinating to read. I do love to read books with morally grey (or really fucked up characters) like this one has, so this was a treat for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Torture, War, Alcoholism, Murder, Medical content, and Physical abuse

tamimin's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Grief

eliasiexil's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

ahsoka's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

other reviews allude to a tragic ending, which i found myself desperately eager to come to and yet when i got there the experience of it was cuttingly painful. how can an author foster so much hate and so much hope for a man? im in physical pain

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Violence