Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones

4 reviews

leonormsousa's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Animal death, Child death, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Blood, and Violence

sunrae_booknook's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

Magic corgi on an oceans 11 / six of crows heist  where the MC doesn’t lose their powers at the end? Hell yes! Bi rep so natural it had me weeping to see. Like hell yes to see characters like me just accept sexuality without addressing it or making a huge fuss over it. No surprise or second guessing. Loved that aspect so much. Only reason I took a half star off was for the predictable plot twist but I was so throughly enjoying the read that I didn’t even mind that I figured it out so far in advance.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Child abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Classism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Blood

ttumbletree's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

i am truly and utterly in love with this book! it has everything i could ever want from a book: captivating writing, a heist (!!!), casual queerness, a plot that keeps me on my toes, and all the emotions i could ever want! 
i love every part of it and i can’t wait to reread it and be drawn back into this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Torture, and Toxic relationship

halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

Ok, I loved LOVED the ending!!!!!

I am utterly grateful this book started moving in a solid direction. I thought it would be a lot more exciting and action packed. But it reminded me of Part 1 of HP and the deathly hallows where all they did was hide in the woods😑😑😑 (see what I did there)

I adore Mer (water wielder), Fane (loveable man/Trefor's owner/iron and finder of metals) , Ifanna (princess of thieves) and Trefor (the sweet corgi whom sniffs out magic).

I would have rated this higher but that middle part damn near took a sista out😭😭😭

The magic was pretty cool, but the magical killer water mare's were badass. 

So much sorrow, bloodloss, greed, and heartache🥺🥺🥺 luckily this story ended on a positive note or I would have SERIOUSLY been done with this author🤣😭👏🏼

 I appreciate the nod to her previous work The Bone Houses at the end🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Cursing, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Grief, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit