Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

24 reviews

rachaelwho's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Deeply depressed and depressing. Everything felt inevitable, though for a brief shining moment here and there I thought that

Cassie would destroy the company before she died

.  That was the main will she/won't she of the book for me, otherwise I could see it all in front of me, but not in a bad way. It did take me a weirdly long time to realize that

Cassie had reproduced her relationship with her parents in her friends

.
I would not have called this magical realism. There's no indication that the black hole is literally, physically there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

toephia's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abortion

Minor: Drug abuse, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

clarxvizconde13's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, Abortion, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infertility

syellico's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol