Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Unexpected by E.J. Blaise

5 reviews

marcelas_'s review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Medical content, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

joonsmiind's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood and Death of parent

jcprocrastireads's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

I finished the story, but this wasn't for me. The characters were enjoyable, but this book would have benefited from some heavy editing- typos, repetitive phrases, and too many short scenes that made the pacing feel disjointed. 

The real reason for the low rating is all of the unnecessary trauma for the FMC. In my opinion, it was truly excessive and not needed to progress the plot (i.e. the deadbeat mom returning). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abandonment

ellaskrovset's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Physical abuse

morozko's review against another edition

3.5

this is the first romance i've read this year and it surprised me, i wasn't expecting to like it as much but it was super sweet! 

i think i've only read a romance book with a brazilian main character once before and it was barely even mentioned, so i was very excited when i saw that nicolas was brazilian! i was also scared that we would be getting half-assed google translated phrases but the author did a phenomenal job! it made me so happy to be in the loop for once and understand all the little comments nick says in portuguese or the little references to things from our culture 😊 

but although i really loved it, it felt a little too long for a romance book. it was longer than necessary and there are lots of things that could've been edited out. nonetheless, i really loved the characters and the found family. I'm excited to read more books in this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship