Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce

41 reviews

pkc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

What a frickin’ trip.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

whatsjessreading's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

bex7dier's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Blood, Alcoholism, Violence, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Suicide

amy2710's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Vomit

courtneypaigea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

charnyreads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.75

Horrible fanfic style book with a redeeming ending. I don't even know if I enjoyed it after reading it. Every character is horrible 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

ramreadsagain's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

This was quite an unpleasant read, hated all the characters. Was a page-turner but felt a bit let down by how un-clever everything was at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Infertility, Excrement, and Vomit

jenni_sunderland's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

vjlp22_reader's review against another edition

dark slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Suicide, and Infidelity

elmewhy's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

2.25

~~2 Stars~~ 14th March 2022

This book just wasn't for me, the pacing was too slow and everything was just unlikeable.
To begin, I wouldn't have put this in the Thriller genre as it wasn't until around 250 pages where things got interesting -

When Matilda went "missing" and everything started to unspiral

. Even by that point we just went through the motions, maybe one or two things at the end were quite shocking but by this time we've had nearly 300 pages to get through, nothing was 'edge of your seat gripping' or had me excited to know the ending.
None of the characters were likable, I believe intentional, but it didn't make me want to read more I wasn't supporting anyone or wanting to see their ending. No lessons were learned for the characters and you couldn't really take anything from this book as a reader either.


Details
-Plot: slow-paced
-TW: Death, Murder, Blood, Rape, Sexual Assault, Alcoholism, Suicide
-Ending Happy/Sad/Unfinished:

Sad. Nothing really feels good about it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, Body shaming, and Stalking