Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

25 reviews

bookwormcat's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death, Alcohol, and Classism

yaelm's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

lilmadmadz's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and War

jlschingle's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I went in with no knowledge of the book and thinking it would be closer to the source material. This is more like magic really does exist and Lady Macbeth is actually 17 AU. I didn’t love that she was still a child because she very much acts surprised when her actions have consequences to others that aren’t just her. I’m not a fan of her choices and their actions not being intentional until the last chapter of Act 4. 

Once I realized kind of what the book was it was fun, but do not go into reading this book thinking it’s going to be remotely similar to the original work 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

nclausel25's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, and Grief

unboxedjack's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

autumnxrose's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

kaerene's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Ok so I bought this book for the dust jacket, the bright pink hardcover and the fact that Lady Macbeth is one of my favorite Shakespeare characters. I like her ambition and her cleverness and her willingness to do what needs to be done to see that her husband’s prophecy comes true and to see him on his throne.  But Ava Reid’s book was not it. I’m disappointed in this particular interpretation. This was hella depressing and not what I was expecting at all.  I think I was expecting to read a story of how the lady and Macbeth to  fell in love and then the next part of the story was the events of the play happen (cuz you know, Macbeth truly loves his wife in the play). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

angryginger's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

If you like the story of Macbeth or Lady Macbeth as a character AT ALL do NOT, I repeat DO NOT touch this book. God this book killed me, I wanted to love it so badly but everything Reid did in this book made me cringe or get upset at the fact that this wasn’t what I wanted it to be. I love the story of Macbeth and I was so excited to see it from Lady M’s perspective as she is such an intimidating character in the show. But that’s not what Roscille is in the slightest. She doesn’t gain those intense personality traits until WAY too late for it to matter, and to make it worse she doesn’t get to use those manipulative skills on Macbeth in any meaningful way. All in all, if you care about the story even a little, don’t read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity

paule_sibbi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder