Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson

4 reviews

abigailbat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

What did I just read? This one was for book club and outside of my comfort zone. It’s incredibly dark and spookily violent, lots of rot and decay and toxicity. And then it just ended with no real resolution. Not my favorite but sometimes those are the best conversation starters. I am sure I will have lots of things to say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Violence, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, and Death

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

indigosparrow's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gaslighting, Murder, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Chronic illness, Cursing, Alcohol, Excrement, Homophobia, and Rape

Minor: Drug use, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Bullying, and Self harm

allybee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Death, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Grief, and Emotional abuse

sharoniously's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

There are sections of the book that are beautiful and could be thier own book. But the in-between is boring,  badly paced and the ending was deeply unsatisfactory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship