Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin

7 reviews

beltari's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Trafficking, and Slavery

Minor: Child abuse and Adult/minor relationship

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Trafficking, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia

Minor: Domestic abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

mlewis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Animal cruelty, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Eating disorder and Infidelity

whimsicalish's review

sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I did enjoy this book, perhaps not as much as Samanta's Fever Dream. It was an eerie and extremely creepy premise. It left me worried for the characters more than horror books have attempted.

I only wish it wasn't so depressing. 

Every character had hope or humility ripped from them.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship and Child abuse

savvylit's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

5.0

Each chapter of Little Eyes features a perspective of either a kentuki keeper or dweller. What follows is possibly the best fictional take on human nature on the Internet. Kentukis serve as the perfect symbol for fully-online parasocial relationships. The concept of a kentuki seems exaggeratedly far-fetched at first -- who would want to let an anonymous stranger into their home in the form of a moving camera? However, how different is that from extremely online folks who chronicle most of their days for viewers? I'd say not very. Kentukis are the perfect vessel for Schweblin to explore socializing in the digital age and all of its motivations and consequences. Distilled to its essence, Little Eyes is an expertly crafted meditation on loneliness, voyeurism, cruelty, and projection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Kidnapping

elledanie's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

valen_chialvo's review against another edition

dark reflective tense 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: Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual content

Moderate: Antisemitism, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse