Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor

4 reviews

changelingreader_adrian's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Homophobia, Cancer, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, and Excrement

anawest's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Rape, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Homophobia

marjoleinvanderspoel's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Brandon Taylor continues to prove his immense skill with this collection of short stories unlike any other such collection I've read. With this collection Taylor proves his breadth as a story teller by branching into many different kinds of lives, whilst maintaining an atmosphere that keeps the collection coherent. The incorporation of an overarching or recurring story about Lionel, Charles and Sophie was cleverly done, and the story itself was wonderfully complex and compelling, reminiscent of Real Life in it's dealing with mental health and academia, something that I appreciated enormously in his debut. In addition I greatly enjoyed "as if that were love" and perhaps my favourite story, "anne of cleves". I only wish we would have gotten a story from Sophie's perspective as I found her to be a much more interesting character than Charles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, and Cancer

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

emily_koopmann's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship