Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

70 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was a long, slow tease, but it worked for me.  I liked the twists and turns, misdirection, and unreliable narrator.  If you like this author's style, I think you'll like this book as much as I did.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

leebee_reads's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Blood

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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    It's a thriller based very loosely on Lana Taylor's murder. (Or that's my guess)
   There were many twists and turns, but I figured out some partway through. I knew it would some way tie back to the other books. As they all tie back to each other.
   

I would have liked to know what he meant by, if you read this I'm dead part. Maybe I just don't remember from the other books.

     None of the characters were particularly likable which did make it harder to enjoy. Though it was well written. It was very atmospheric. I also would have liked someone else's POV besides Elliot, since he was a highly unreliable narrator.

Narrator Rating: 4.5 stars
   The narrator did an excellent job. Though he was a bit easy to zone out to.

Extra ratings: Fluff-NA   Heartfelt-3/5   Helpful-NA    Horror-NA   Inspiration-NA   Love aka Romance-0.5/5  Mystery-3/5    Predictability-1.5/5  Spice-0/5   Suspense-3/5   Tear- 1.5/5  Thrill-3.5/5   Humor-0/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit

tspice24's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Child abuse

kelshenka's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Challenging characters (plus unreliable narrator) ricochet off one another, unraveling the story like the threads of a scarf tugged loose by cold fingers of wind. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

shay43geek's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

aileron's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

2.5

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

kris386's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

april_a_q's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Every moment when I thought I had this book figured out, it threw me for yet another twist. Now I am left just utterly baffled, confused, and speechless, but in the best way. Alex Michaelides is slowly becoming an author that I will read anything he has ever published and anything he will ever publish. These characters are downright horrendous but in the best of ways. Even Leo, and I wasn’t thinking about him in that way at first, but even Leo was not innocent in this story. This is psychopathy and obsession at its ugliest and its finest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts