Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

31 reviews

anij020's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Child death, and Misogyny

rosalind's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Minor: Suicide, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Classism

procrastibaker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, and Infidelity

aecorsilva's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

3.0

The prose is incredibly powerful, and whilst I found the story a little slow at first, it got far better as it went along. Great portrayal of themes of (mild spoilers)

race, gender, self-destruction, and family conflict.

Would highly recommend!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

morganperks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, Death, Suicide, Racial slurs, Grief, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Pregnancy

winter_b's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Pregnancy, Vomit, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Misogyny

Moderate: Outing, Suicide, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Bullying, Alcohol, and Abandonment

jennyphillips's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Racism, and Toxic relationship

hodgeonlucy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.75

Ng writes family dysfunction and pain so well that anyone reading this book who has experienced some form of family trauma is likely to be slightly triggered. Although I certainly had a visceral reaction to the book, I loved it. It was quietly hypnotic and addicting; Ng let the plot unfold methodically yet unexpectedly, feeding the reader just enough to keep them informed yet slightly too little so they were still out of the loop. Ng's writing is flawless; her ability to move narrator within paragraphs without it being confusing or inaccessible is quite remarkable and a style that worked wonderfully for this book. It allowed the reader to flit around the family who, whilst a unit, were not connected; the narration style highlighted this disconnection and allowed us to see each characters' perspective isolated from the other characters, mirroring exactly how the Lee family was living. The book, in this sense, was frustrating and sad with so many instances of poor communication and intergenerational trauma as well as external pressures such as racism. Whilst it is a hard read and one that may challenge anyone who does not have the emotional capacity for the topics it explores, this book is incredibly poignant and moving. It has left me deeply questioning the idea of parenthood, how it has manifested itself in my life, and how I may reproduce this in the future without any real introspection.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Infidelity, and Child death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

anne311's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

bdanae's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Its not bad but I felt nothing

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia