Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

When She Returned by Lucinda Berry

15 reviews

brittanylee0302's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

This book sounded like a great story but overall it just wasn't good. The beginning was very, very boring & it only got really good in the last 20%. There were a lot of things that didn't link up & the twist was very much predictable. Overall I'd categorize this as a mystery, certainly not a thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Torture, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, Animal death, Self harm, and Confinement

hermithebs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Confinement, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Cults

juliaaa02's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Self harm, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Abandonment, Murder, Grief, and Gaslighting

teagandoeswords's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Pheewwww, that was a rollercoaster. A really intriguing and fascinating look at family dynamics (this is my second read from this author, and she seems to be on her game with this topic), cult/group brainwashing, and the impacts it leaves on everyone. When She Returned would have been a solid 5-star, but having just finished it I'm not sure how I feel about the ending—still, a great book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death

amyspag's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

This book had me gripped but I just couldn't get over that ending

I wanted Merideth to be the character in the wrong. I understood Kates Stockholm syndrome but the ending seemed so far fetched and a better twist would have been Merideth being sinister. Also who posted on the vanished forums about Kate being a dead woman. Those forums were talked about so much and had no significance as all

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, and Self harm

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Sexual assault