Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade

6 reviews

caseyf's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Car accident, Classism, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Death

maevebm's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-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

4.0

A heartbreaking story about a broken family. The writing was beautiful & captures each character’s flaws and joys beautifully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Car accident, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

bandysbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This is a story that follows the members of one family over the course of roughly a year. Each family member is relatively dysfunctional and has made mistakes. Now, with things changing they are each forced to grow and change.

I thought this book was pretty interesting. All of the characters are highly dysfunctional, but still relatable. I personally felt frustrated with them on many occasions, but ultimately couldn’t help but root for them.

I did find the pacing a little bit slow. At times the story did drag a bit or get a little redundant, but it was a minor thing.

All in all, if you really like deep explorations of characters and their motivations, this is for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Self harm, Car accident, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Abandonment, Drug use, Grief, and Homophobia

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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: Cancer, Car accident, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Drug use, Medical content, Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Self harm, Incest, Rape, Abortion, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

kitsune_kae's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Incest

sjanke2's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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: Cancer, Car accident, and Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pregnancy, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, and Child abuse