Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

8 reviews

livreads2much's review

funny slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Animal death, Sexual content, Transphobia, Outing, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

spooderman's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Vomit, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide, Drug use, Cursing, Drug abuse, Cancer, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, Incest, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Addiction, Murder, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Ableism

_al's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Mental illness and Cancer

Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Mental illness, Addiction, Grief, Sexual harassment, Incest, and Infidelity

lucinotlucy's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

sydapel's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

Creative and deeply observant about our relationships to ourselves and each other, but it didn't hit home for me as much as I was expecting or hoping it would. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Cancer

rossandhissandwich's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Cancer

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

jayisreading's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

4.5

This was such a delightful collection of short stories, though I also recognize that Bob-Waksberg, the creator of BoJack Horseman, has a particular sense of humor that won’t work for everyone. In other words, if you’re a fan of the television show, this will definitely be up your alley. If not, you may want to skip this one.

Much like BoJack Horseman, the characters and situations in each story were so flawed due to people being... well, people. It was also interesting to see the slight shifts in writing style for some stories (nothing revolutionary), which added to the unique perspective that each story brought. As humorous as many of these stories were, there was always a bittersweet (often leaning more towards bitter) feeling that lingered.

I listened to the audiobook alongside reading the book, especially after seeing that the cast of narrators included quite a few voice actors/actresses who appeared in the show. They brought so much life to each story and I think made the book even more enjoyable for me. Like any short story collection, some stories were a little duller than others, but again, I think the audiobook really saved those less interesting ones, and highly recommend listening to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Grief, and Suicide

voxelbee's review

dark funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Violence