Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Other Mothers by Katherine Faulkner

8 reviews

hailey_alexis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I don’t know why I haven’t heard more about this book. Very twisty, and just when I thought I had it figured out there’s another one and I was 100% not expecting it to end the way it did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Death

kate_303's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Sexual harassment

srobs24's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Murder, and Toxic friendship

catriona176's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Murder

clairebonney's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is how you write an ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Murder, Infidelity, Addiction, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

anotheraudrey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Very twisty and turny, but ultimately very predictable. Disappointing in terms of how the perpetrators (yes, multiple) of violence were able to use wealth and status to be above any means of being held accountable, which does not feel like something worth continuing, even in a book form when we know that’s rampant in real life. The story structure is interesting and the way the story is revealed is very well done. The plot is just not great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

mysterymom40's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Sexual assault

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

  A reporter is approached by a grieving mother about her daughter's suspicious death and is pulled into the same group of friends that the daughter was around when she died. 
   This was certainly full of twists and turns! The red herring was perfectly played and I was so glad it wasn't him, as that would have made it too predictable. 
    However, it was harder to care about the characters because none of them were very likable. Neither Sophie nor Tash nor any other mothers in the book seemed like genuinely good people, except maybe one. 
    Overall, it was a great thriller that kept you guessing with a twist ending.

Narrator Rating: 4 stars
    Pretty good! But not amazing.

Extra ratings: Fluff - 0/5   Heartfelt- 4/5   Helpful -NA    Horror -NA    Inspiration -NA    Love aka Romance- 1/5    Mystery -4/5    Predictability -1.5/5    Spice-1/5    Suspense - NA   Tear- 2/5   Thrill -3.5/5   Humor-0/5 
    

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault