Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

He Started It by Samantha Downing

4 reviews

rainstormdragon's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Drug use, Bullying, Alcohol, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, and Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

kimveach's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Dark and creepy but not the satisfying thriller I expected it to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Confinement, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Physical abuse

ohhthehorrors's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

justkeyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

This wasn’t a thriller to write home about, but it was satisfactory for what it was. But it also seemed like the twists were for shock value and goodness gracious there were a lot of trigger warnings. This family was dysfunctional, conniving, deceitful and doesn’t help that they are the epitome of gaslighting. Just wow! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Infidelity, and Gaslighting