Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert

20 reviews

msmarshallrambles's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Violence, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Stalking, Animal cruelty, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Murder, Abortion, Medical content, Homophobia, Bullying, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Addiction, and Eating disorder

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Cursing, Body horror, Car accident, Medical content, Abandonment, and Confinement

Minor: Gore, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Death of parent

sinkitten's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Gore, Blood, and Toxic friendship

karapillar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Alcohol, Self harm, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Pregnancy

stardust_heidi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

SO GOOD. Not my usual genre, but this was thrilling and magical in all sorts of dark and twisted ways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Blood, and Gaslighting

fireinherveinzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, and Stalking

kbergsten's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Violence

brokenbodybitch's review against another edition

3.5

It was entertaining although I don't think I would re read this, it was fun and I really enjoyed it while reading but I didn't find it all that standout, Especially to the point I would re-read this over my ever growing fantasy tbr; but I'm very happy to have read it. I loved the dual timeline writing style; having not only dual character perspective but also a current/past time pov was really interesting; it is a book you need to give a bit more attention though because it took me a few chapters to fully get a grasp of all the characters and their place in past and present timelines but it is well laid out for you to eventually catch on.

Other than the incredibly detailed animal deaths/dead animals, I enjoyed this but ultimately it was a fairly 'mid' fantasy book for me personally, I had fun while reading but now that it's over I am pretty indifferent about the book and can't see myself rushing to recommend or re-reading anytime soon.  

*Thank you NetGalley and macmillan audio for this arc in exchange for my honest thoughts and review*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, and Self harm

Minor: Alcohol and Bullying

livlamentloathe's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse