Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Wrecked by Lauren Asher

4 reviews

ka_ke's review

hopeful sad 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

4.0

Lauren Asher’s writing is tastefully diverse, and this novel just proves that tenfold. Not only are the mc’s racially diverse, but the attention to detail regarding Huntingtons disease and Alzheimers are impressive. Considering both are genetic illnesses, it adds an extra level of curiosity to the future of Jax & Elena. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Cancer, Gun violence, and Murder

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Death, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Dementia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Gun violence, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit and Racism

emmaluxton's review

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? Yes

2.0

For a Formula 1 romance book there wasn’t very much racing! Sometimes felt like the author hadn’t actually watched much f1 at all. Why was so much of the book in hotel rooms when we could have been at races?! 

Not read the other books in the series so can’t compare, but this really fell short for me. 

I can cut quite a lot of slack for KU romances but this one was a slog to get through. It felt like we were jumping from scene to scene with no real development. 

Also, the attempt at Britishness was at times a bit painful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Violence, and Toxic relationship

samanthavos's review

challenging dark

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Medical content