Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

5 reviews

dakotahreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Suicide

chinhe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

1.5

 like i said  on GR it couldve been good. the ending was so abrubt, and so lacking 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Homophobia

fatfrog's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Suicide

Moderate: Terminal illness, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent

danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I wanted to like this one more than I did. It's lyrical and poetic. But I found its narrative structure somewhat alienating. It was so committed to the first person narrative of a person musing on the past that I lost the emotionality of the other characters involved in the story. Additionally, I found it to be a bit of a queer trauma plot hinging on one character’s self hatred due to his sexuality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death, and Homophobia

remimicha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Classism