Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

209 reviews

veronica214's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Lenora moves to Alaska on a whim with her mom and dad. Moving to Alaska unprepared is basically a death sentence, especially if your dad is an unstable Vietnam veteran with severe PTSD from being a POW. When humans and nature can be equally dangerous, it makes for a tense story. 

I'd recommend this for readers who liked Where the Crawdads Sing. It's set in a secluded environment, features toxic parents, and two protagonists are teenagers in love. For a similar book that's more on the thriller side, I'd recommend These Silent Woods by  Kimi Cunningham Grant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death and Alcohol

emilykaegi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad fast-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

Amazing book. Very emotional. Predicted some twists but many were a surprise. Great story of community and human flaws.

Fantastic ending - did not expect Matthew to be alive

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent

emmadobson33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

This story was heartbreaking, beautiful, frustrating, joyful, and everything in between! It made me want to visit Alaska so badly to experience it for myself! But also made me grateful for indoor plumbing and electricity lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Murder, Death of parent, Vomit, and Cancer

dkropp1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Addiction, Body horror, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Violence

kmwolf95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

moirakoskey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting and Confinement

klindtm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Grief

saranorton's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Kristin Hannah is a wonderful writer but this one is really hard to get through, really heavy, even gruesome at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, War, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Murder

isaznz's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Death

hollydyer328's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

Such an emotional story and it went in a direction that I was not expecting! This deals with some tough themes throughout and really hard things happen to the characters, but there is a glimmer of hope at the end. I listened on audio - this was my first time listening to Julia Whelan and I am officially a fan! Fantastic narration and impersonation of characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness