Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

23 reviews

nattejones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Murder, Rape, Drug use, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Violence, Medical content, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

ngrant88's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Bullying, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Murder, Racial slurs, Body shaming, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Bullying, Eating disorder, Grief, Pedophilia, and Self harm

jclanders's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Murder, Blood, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

nicolarutterford's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Alcohol, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, and Eating disorder

camilla_perotti's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted 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

3.5

In my opinion, the worst book of the series. It could have been at least 200 pages shorter, dealing more with the investigation than with the detectives’ personal lives:

did we really need another one of Strike’s girlfriends? Only for him to grow, once again, annoyed by her to the point of ghosting her? And the whole Charlotte Campbell once again getting in the way of everyone else’s lives? (I hope we’ve seen the last of her!)

The result was that by the time the investigation was starting to wrap up, much of the details from the first half of the book were lost to my memory and it wasn’t very easy to follow the detectives’ reasonings. 
The case in itself was very interesting, and I was pretty excited about the murderer’s reveal. I can also see how the author drew much from her personal experience with Twitter. However, in this review I won’t get into the JKK Rowling-transphobic debacle, as I don’t think this is the place for it. 
Finally, was the editor drinking at work?! It has been a long time since I read a novel edited this badly! I mean, from such a celebrated author and for such a best-selling series, you’d expect the best editor on the market to be on the job. Instead, there were so many inconsistencies,

from the game’s chat room continuously changing formatting (a conversation opened/has opened, a member entered/has entered) to Rachel repeatedly talking of Edie as her aunt, while she was, instead, her cousin. <\spoiler>
In short, if this novel, with a similar plot, had been shorter and better edited, it would have gotten from me 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Murder, Hate crime, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pedophilia

kcarney86's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Racism, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Cursing, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death, Murder, Grief, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Rape

thatonecatmom's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, and Racism

Yall. Go into this understanding that a lot of it has to do with the toxicity of the people online, trolls and bullies. So so many content warnings

ajezio's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Edit woman, edit! I'm not sure why this book wasn't edited down. The page count is too hight for what happens in the book, I sure don't need to know what color of shirt did Robin purchase and why she got a new backpack. I mean - too many details that are not pushing plot or character development. I think it was overcomplicated story - and not in a good way. And at this point - I'm no longer inverted in Robin&Cormoran story - they can't just talk anymore? After the whole thing of always being honest? Come on!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Blood

just_me_abbey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Death

stacy_es's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Bullying, Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Death