Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Lords of Pain by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue

3 reviews

brookey8888's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was really good, but dark. This is a bully romance and it basically is until the end. You do get to see a little bit of different sides of the guys, but it’s also all manipulation. There’s a background plot going on that’s interesting and I want to see where it leads. The other lot of this is actually ridiculous, but it was entertaining and makes for the “romantic” relationships to move along. This ends on a cliffhanger so I’m excited to see where this goes. I do like all the guys, but Killian is my least favorite, but the very end he redeemed himself a little, but the fallout for them all is going to be fun to read. This is DARK so if you don’t like dark romances skip this one and look at trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Cursing, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Misogyny, Murder, Slavery, Rape, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

issakhi's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Stalking, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Rape, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Kidnapping and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death and Gun violence

keikiqueen's review

dark fast-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

3.5

Def one of the most brutal things I’ve ever read. When they gave those trigger warnings they should’ve emphasized the ENTIRE BOOK is the trigger. But somehow I enjoyed it deeply 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Stalking, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

The entire book is a walking trigger warning but the authors give you a heads up in advance that it’s gonna be a brutal book