Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

82 reviews

punkeel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Transphobia, Violence, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Fatphobia, Genocide, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Minor: Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, and Medical content

talullahjane's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

thebearnest's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

callidoralblack's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Classism

chasehoffman's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

the sex scenes written like body horror were a bit too frequent for my personal tastes, but the story was compelling enough for me to push through

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

veritatemdilexi's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

 A visceral, brutal story of trans rage, pain, and love. Often deeply uncomfortable, the plot is engaging and the characters complex. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, and Toxic friendship

jenlengland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Infertility, Medical content, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Deadnaming, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

essjay's review against another edition

4.0

Damn, I wrote a whole-ass review and hit back instead of save. 

This book is A LOT. I would go from cackling one minute to having to put it down bc it was so upsetting. 

The characters are really what elevated it above just the gore and violence (and sex...so. much. sex). I know some of the people in these pages and it's cool to see their representation here. 

Really looking forward to this as a movie, it's screaming for an adaptation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Outing, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

brynalexa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? No

5.0

Full disclosure: I don’t generally read horror. 

This book was disgusting, perfect, challenging, and relatable, unfortunately. Not for the faint of heart but absolutely worth it if you can get through the gore 🏳️‍⚧️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, and Torture

mayarosa's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring 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

5.0

This is one of the best horror books I've ever read. This book is emotional, funny, action packed and so unique. The characters are the most diverse and interesting I've ever seen. The writing style is great, funny and descriptive. The overall story is exciting and heartbreaking. Love love love 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, and War