Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman

20 reviews

anj144's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny slow-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

5.0

This book, while incredibly slow paced, is one of those books you read that just stays with you forever. The writing just blows me away. I’m a big Neil Gaiman fan but this one has to be my favorite read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence and Toxic relationship

shoshin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.25

I enjoy Gaiman's stories most of the time, but misogyny slips out here and there when he's trying to be gritty. Ruins my enjoyment. I catch myself wishing a woman had written them instead.

I also find the "troubles" bit in the middle difficult to understand--doesn't seem to further Odin's/Loki's purposes that are central to the story. No real reason to kill some of the gods who were killed. If there had been some established enmity between them and Odin or Loki, sure, but I didn't see anything. 

Encapsulating both these complaints: Balquis' character seems to exist completely for proposes that don't further the narrative: adding a sex(ist) scene and dying during the "troubles" part. I could be convinced there's narrative value there, but I'm not seeing it at the moment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Car accident, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Rape and Fire/Fire injury

raavi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

bel017's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

justmys's review against another edition

medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

zumakroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

56bumblebees's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

usually_sleep_deprived's review against another edition

dark fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

angelbabe_cj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

jessspeake's review against another edition

I'm going to DNF this audiobook. It was time to return it to the library or renew it, and to be honest I didn't want to spend any more time listening to the audiobook.

I felt uncomfortable with the graphic sexual content in the book.

I often had to rewind to find out what was going on, because I would zone out and miss things because the book didn't hold my attention. Maybe this would have been different if I was reading the physical book?

To be honest, I think the only reason I kept reading this long was because it had a full cast audio narration. The audio itself was good, and I tried to push through, but this book isn't for me.

There are a few things I liked about it, but there were more things I didn't.  I really wanted to like this book (and I rarely DNF books), but in the end, I decided I didn't want to finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

Minor: Car accident