Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Sempre hem viscut al castell by Martí Sales, Shirley Jackson

37 reviews

shieldbearer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Another book read because it was a favorite of Suzanne Collins', I did not know what to expect going into this and I really enjoyed it. A deeply layered text with so much complexity, its ambiguity is also its brilliance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Classism, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, and Child abuse

meecespieces's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Bullying, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Dementia

emry23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Murder

Minor: Terminal illness

echosong's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Dementia, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Bullying

vas_17'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Classism, Child abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexism, Cursing, Murder, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Death

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

this was such an interesting book that is so hard to describe to others. it is a cozy gothic horror that was good but left a little to be desired. it would be such a good book club pick to discuss with a group

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Dysphoria, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, Mental illness, and Murder

dragnfary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

jes312's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Mental illness

leanne_miron's review against another edition

dark slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Dementia, Murder, and Death