Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

56 reviews

lycheejelly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Excrement, Abortion, and Pregnancy

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This is a hard book to review so take mine with all the salt grains. It’s horror and I don’t typically do that. It’s gory. It’s pithy. It’s snarky. It’s in your face. I love the one liners and I love the TERF tell offs. But the world created just makes me all sorts of sad and depressed. It was too much for me! But maybe that’s what makes it amazing? I think if you like really really dark horror that is very unique and different from anything you’ve read before and you support trans people, you will love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Antisemitism

amybouwer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

francestea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Ok wow, I’m not much of a horror genre reader -and this definitely had some gross parts- but the story was so compelling and fast-paced it was not only readable but really and truly enjoyable. The writing is impeccable and so visceral I won’t forget it anytime soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Abortion

Minor: Rape and Suicide

negcol's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Deadnaming, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Outing

Minor: Vomit

breeoxd's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a book that defies categorization; it also happens to be one with a lot to say. 
I don’t read much horror, but part of the appeal here is that it’s not supernatural horror, but the horror of what women can do to other women. 
I found this hard to stomach in some parts, but despite what the trite title suggests, this is a fascinating look at the TERF phenomenon, and the dynamics of “passing”- even in a post-apocalyptic society. 
A must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and War

ecn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Definitely not what I thought it would be- which is definitely on me. But it hurt to read a realistic story of what the world would actually look like if this happened irl. I thought the story would have more likeable characters and focus more on killing TERFs and queer solidarity. But unfortunately that’s not the case. 

Almost every character was white and it FELT like it. However, it feels realistic for white people to stick together and but think of others in a post-apocalyptic world. I did have a lot of issues though with the two non-white characters essentially not being developed and only used by the main characters. Sure they grow together but ugh. 

The entire book could have been condensed but the ending came way too quickly. The pacing felt off and made it hard to read, especially with every few paragraphs/pages switching off to another character. at times it felt dizzying trying to understand who was who for a bit.

Overall, I enjoyed the book for what it was but think I would have enjoyed it more as a movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bonemade's review

challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Transphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Deadnaming, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Outing

yellowvans's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

grimmarray's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

A strong and harsh look at a world where women rule and how feminism has evolved in the best and worst ways. The biggest focus being on trans and gender non-conforming people is fantastic and the horror aspects of zombies are given a new twist, and as usual, the real monsters aren't always the zombies. There is a lot of grey morality, but it's written well in my opinion, each conflict bringing some new piece to the main plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, and Toxic friendship