Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Crossed by Emily McIntire

36 reviews

anna_reads31's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse and Rape

Minor: Death of parent

koreydobbert's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Classism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Torture, Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Misogyny

_sophs_book_nook_'s review against another edition

fast-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? Yes

4.25

Crossed was devastatingly brilliant, the plot was strong and heavy, the characters felt more "real" than some of the others in the series, it was definitely the darkest of the Never after series with how graphic everything was and the level of pure shame felt by these characters.
I loved it, but I do think the last couple of chapters were a little too condensed it was hard to catch a breath.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Stalking, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, Self harm, Blood, and Murder

thisdiwata_reads's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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: Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

mysticalbluebirdreads's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.5

A little slow for my liking but still darkly beautiful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Gore, Stalking, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Rape, Murder, Classism, Death, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

2.75

This one was a little gory for me personally. Also, I’m sorry but both of these main characters are off their rockers. It’s just a bit too fucked up IMHO. 

DARK Romance, Stalking, 3 1/2 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Sexism, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death

toxxicwasste's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

THE ENDING. especially the extended epilogue. 

SPOILERS
the trauma of religion is so real. The sex work is so real. The abusive relationships are so real. The ableism is so real. The ending made me choke up a little. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Bullying, Death, Self harm, and Trafficking

Moderate: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Death of parent, Addiction, and Blood

celina_666's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

This was a bit more graphic than i expected, but i didn't mind. I think this was the best way to create a retelling, where we weren't supposed hate Claude Frollo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Rape

kiwij96's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

Do you ever just read something and think "why did I do that to myself?" This was that for me. I loved the author's previous books in this series, but this was honestly painful. The underlying plot was so much more promising than what the story was. I dully understand the concept behind this series, and the main characters being villains, so the story is supposed to be dark. But this was just horrifying.

The characters were 2D, the writing was often repetitive and clearly lacked proofreading with the amount of grammatical errors and repeated words, the way that Amaya's emotions were basically disregarded by everyone until the last 100 pages or so was honestly baffling to me even for a dark romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Ableism, Gore, Blood, Sexual content, Bullying, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Murder, Self harm, and Stalking

saltylemonsqueeze's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

0.75

That first chapter belonged in a different book. It tainted my view throughout and prevented men from really embracing the MMC as redeemed. I loved all the other books but this one just didn’t hit the mark for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Torture, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

This book isn’t for the weak. I am trying to have a soft girl year so this wasn’t for me. However, it’s for someone if they like an intense infatuation that somehow magically is safe from the law