Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Tryst Six Venom by Penelope Douglas

25 reviews

lulusreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Bullying, Violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Classism, Infidelity, Death of parent, Death, and Cancer

becca303's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Outing, and Sexism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Cancer, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Racism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Misogyny, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Grief, Hate crime, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Eating disorder

chantalveronica's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.5

read this book in basically a day, i couldn’t stop. extremely wattpad coded but i’m a slut for a toxic enemies to lovers romance (like so toxic i’m starting to question my sanity). definitely felt like it was all over the place but in the end, i got the ending i was hoping for. i was left satisfied. anyways i will be dreaming of clay collins for the next 3 months

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

Moderate: Homophobia

adriana_azamar20's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

HOLY SHIIIIIIT OMGGGGG!!! I’m in love!!! This book 😫✋🏼 10/10. The story, the build up, the fucking waiting, the love and heartache, the ENDING, everything was perfect 🥳🥰😍😫🥹🏳️‍🌈✨😎

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

rock_gnome's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Child death, Death, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Homophobia

bookishchaos's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

Ok so I've got VERY mixed feelings about this one. Really wanted to love it but this book had so many flaws.

First off, I get this was Penelope Douglas's first time writing a F/F love story but she wrote these female characters like alpha males (I've seen other reviews talking about this as well).

Spoilers ahead (very minor tho)

Some of the spicey scenes were icky and cringe. Like weirdly aggressive and forced? Not to mention the book started out with Olivia being underage which felt super unnecessary. Yuck.

Clay also treats Olivia like trash until like 70% into the book. I'm aware this was a bully-romance but the toxicity of this relationship was unrealistic and eye rolling.

Overall the book wasn't awful but wasn't fantastic. It had so much potential but too many flaws which is why I wouldn't recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, Violence, and Abortion

ymread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Child death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Grief, Vomit, and Miscarriage

emilycruz1016's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Drug use, Sexual content, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Infidelity

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship

im_illiterate's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, Child death, and Classism

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Grief, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Minor: Abortion

ellascoven'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, and Bullying

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexism, Cancer, Child death, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Mental illness, and Infidelity