Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan

25 reviews

myfff's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Child death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder

yellowpurple500's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

I found the links back to the wedding storyline interesting and I enjoyed the character development of Violet. However, the rest of the book fell a little flat for me. I found the other characters a bit dull and not fleshed out enough, especially all the male characters.

For an erotica I found myself rolling my eyes a lot at the sex scenes. It felt like if someone just looked at Violet she came. There were points where someone barely touched her and she was at the point of orgasm. I get this woman is horny but CALM DOWN. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cursing, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction

marlee_grace's review

adventurous challenging hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

I enjoyed listening to this audiobook, very sugary and steamy. In was an easy listen, I breezed through it, but wouldn't say it's my favorite :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Infertility, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Child death

busyreadingandthings's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

Okay so I feel like this book gets a bad wrap. Is it perfect? No. Have I read infinitely more challenging and skilfully crafted stories? Yes. 
However, the writing style of the author is enjoyable and had me in stitches at the utter filth of it. In a time when things are so serious, this was a lighthearted lift that needn’t be overthought. 

I did think the larger issues such as EDs and family trauma were handled a little too lightly and were owed deeper analysis & integration in the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Child death

Moderate: Body shaming and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic relationship

lauren_smyth's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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? Yes

3.5

Firstly this book was hilarious (while somehow also being incredibly sad). It was easy to read and I flew through it! I really wish the ending wasn’t so rushed though, it felt a bit just odd. Like magically things changed over the last 30 pages. Also I don’t know if it was just me being unobservant but there really wasn’t much of a sense of time in this.

Overall I do recommend this book! It’s a good read and I’m looking forward to reading more by the author 

(Definitely check the TW before you read)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Eating disorder and Vomit

rkpitch1234's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

oh, to belong 

i’m not sure my feelings about this book. at this moment immediately after finishing it, all i feel is “okay yeah that happened” 
i don’t think i’ll think much more about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Sexual harassment

ramreadsagain's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.25

I did expect more from this but it was still an entertaining read. 

The bad decisions by the MC got a bit annoying, and the sex scenes were frankly bizarre, starting and ending very suddenly. Plus the MC came within about four seconds every time which just made the entire thing feel even more unrealistic. 

It has some interesting things to say about rich people/the art world but when getting down to the nitty gritty story I was dissatisfied. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexism, Child death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

foxonabook's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

I picked up this book because it's different from what I would usually gravitate to. I thought this would be a more erotic version of Sally Rooney's books, but what I got was smutty fanfiction masquerading as a queer contemporary novel. 

Violet is a lonely 26-year-old millennial stuck in a dead-end job and drifting aimlessly through life. Until one day she meets the mysterious and attractive Lottie and her entire life is upended within the space of a few days. Literally. A few days. Is the reader truly expected to believe that anything portrayed in the book is plausible? 

Surprisingly, the poorly written sex (which, if I'm being brutally honest, is better described as written by a teenager whose only source material is really cheap and unrealistic porn) wasn't my biggest bugbear. It was how incredibly unbelievable Violet was portrayed. Perhaps I'm not the target audience, but, geez... this was the second contemporary millennial chick-lit that I read where I felt millennial women were very poorly, one-dimensionally and stereotypically portrayed. Violet has no redeeming qualities.

I was also infuriated by some of the blink-and-you'll-miss-it themes that Buchanan clearly included as a tick-box exercise, such as the eating disorder, coercive abuse, sexual assault, etc. 

Don't bother with this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, and Mental illness

jodierose14's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

sib_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use