Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Inevitable by Shain Rose

6 reviews

smallsiam's review

I didn't like the codependency seen in both main characters or the manipulation and possessive self destructive actions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

culzean's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Rape, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

mayelynn's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Two next door neighbors share a tumultuous situation, fall in love, separate, and see if they can try again....

While I wanted to love this, I feel that consent was rather vague at times and I'm not a fan of that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

kellydarla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

2.5

I'm just gonna say it... She should have ended up with

Jay

This is like full blown Stockholm syndrome. And Jax is just an asshole. I like my broody men but this was just... I hated him. Maybe that was enough to give it the extra half star. 

A lot going on in this book. The banter, the relationships are good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit

zabeishumanish's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

3.0

TW: domestic abuse, child abuse, toxic relationship all very graphically described. 

This book is tied for the most toxic relationship I’ve ever seen in a romance novel. It would be flat-out number 1 if the characters didn’t all acknowledge the toxicity of it, and I’d like to believe that counts for something. That said I do love a good “two fucked up people coming together” story and this is a pretty damn good one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, and Mental illness

emilyvreads's review

medium-paced

1.5

So, this terribly abused girl escapes her abusive home in a highly traumatic way, then gets with a guy who is as equally as manipulative, possessive, and provoking as her father, but he's hot so it's fine? Through most of the scenes with them together I was either rolling my eyes or making a vaguely disgusted face

The big secret that is the reason for the ongoing tension with them also wasn't that big of a deal? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Alcoholism

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