Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Reputation by Lex Croucher

86 reviews

crinspire's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Classism, Drug use, Rape, and Racism

wackly93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Death, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism

cleotheo's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Homophobia, and Classism

Minor: Rape and Slavery

of_fantasy_and_fibre's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Drug use

Moderate: Xenophobia, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Racism

scjasmine04's review

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Okay. The first word that comes to mind. I do feel as if this literally was just a more PG version of Bridgerton.  Understandably the story is from Georgiana’s perspective, however I wish you could’ve seen more of some of the other characters like Jonathon, Cecily and  Jane. Their backstories or at least a few more interaction with them would have made the story more interesting. The side characters didn’t feel fleshed out and were just “trope personalities” instead. I would recommend for a lighthearted read, although the book takes a dark turn at the end (which I don’t think was entirely necessary and I kind of wish the book had gone in a different direction. It kind of felt a bit like a scape goat situation, and should’ve been either addressed more deeply  - delving more into the power imbalance between men and women in this age - or removed entirely. It just seemed out of place given the lighthearted comical tone of the rest of the book). If you want to read a bridgerton version of mean girls, this is the book for you. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Sexual assault

phippa's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

Good vibes all round 
+ the balance of modernisation and historical accuracy was good imo. Didn’t take away from it
+ characters were very real and felt like I understood them 
+ complexities of female friendship in the face of 19th century patriarchy was really well done 
+ romance sub plot was fun

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Racism, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

gasoline_allie's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, Racism, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

friend_of_sappho's review

funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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 assault, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Toxic friendship

elliya's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved this story, though I was sold it as “queer regency” and the queerness is only a side pairing and what I might call a queer platonic toxic friendship. I love that romances give us happy endings :) But part of what I love about regency is the clothing descriptions, which were sadly lacking here. Nevertheless, a fun and quick read and I’m looking forward to more from Lex Croucher.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual assault

styxx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Classism, Abandonment, Body shaming, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail