Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

When I'm Dead by Hannah Morrissey

7 reviews

katk1ndl3's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I'm jot a huge mystery reader, so while this book did keep my attention I didn't really like it. I liked that I couldn't figure out until the last 50 pages who had killed the girls and kidnapped Chloe. But i didn't like that as soon as you found out they got her back so quick with like no obstacles. It was too quick.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gore, and Medical trauma

wytnie's review

fast-paced

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

2.75

I liked the book but plot wise it felt very rushed to me, events that would happen in one day felt like weeks. I also feel like Rowan wasn't thought all the way through character wise, or at least it wasn't thought through how she would actually handle certain situations. She has a moment where it feels like she does a 180 and its like "where did this come from?". I think the book is good but I also feel like the writer just really wanted to get to the ending and put most of her efforts there. The rest of the characters where written fine I just had problems with the 180 it felt like Rowan did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Torture, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Physical abuse, Stalking, Medical content, Bullying, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

nikkic66's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Gore, and Suicide

Moderate: Stalking, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

madihoo713's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Gore, Body shaming, Child death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Mental illness, Grief, Bullying, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Sexual content, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Adult/minor relationship

louisekf's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic friendship

danielle70's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Bullying, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Classism, Suicide, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking

vj_thompson's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Hannah Morrissey’s writing is so lyrical and beautiful. I was hesitant to pick up the book but I’m glad I did. I want to read her other books! There were parts of the story that frustrated me, mainly the disconnect between Rowan and Axel. I know this was intentional. Libby’s perspective was a conflicting read but ultimately her character is misunderstood. This was a great mystery thriller and I wish more books were written like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Murder, Death, Mental illness, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Grief, Animal death, Suicide, Body horror, Fatphobia, Bullying, Gore, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Abandonment, Sexual content, and Sexism