Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

39 reviews

1721egp's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

Look, it's not bad. This is the kind of book you read while you're laying on the beach and need an easy vacation read or in the backseat during a roadtrip. There's no real plot, but it does end on a cliffhanger that makes you interested in seeing what happens next.

I would've liked to see more character development, for Belly to take some accountability for her actions, but again, I didn't dislike it. The concept is there for a great YA novel with some substance but it just doesn't perform.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent and Body shaming

saramoser's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

Okay-surprisingly, I got so invested in this. A short, enjoyable coming of age story with lovable characters. I just put the second book in the series on hold. - also looking forward to watching the show!

Listened on audiobook and really enjoyed the narrator.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Drug use

my3bb8's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

hjb_128's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Drug use, Terminal illness, Violence, Alcohol, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying and Body shaming

Minor: Classism and Homophobia

isabella_gautreauuu's review

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

3.0

emotional rollercoaster, little to no plot sequence, bores easily, hard to read, toxic main character, depressing, 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Cancer

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, and Blood

shay_2522's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Cancer

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, and Cursing

This book is 12+

booksrmylife's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

Nah, it was overall pretty great, it took me a while to read considering my reading pace tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Cancer

It was amazing, just didn't hit 5 stars cuz it was a bit slow at the beginning for me

becca_w_'s review

emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug use, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Blood, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Violence

ki3racass_fan's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

0.25

This book was horrible. The only thing I liked was the short chapters.
The way the author handled topics like cancer was slightly offensive (coming from someone who has had experiences with others getting cancer).
Cancer seemed like an afterthought in the story.
Most of the characters were jerks except for Jeremiah.
The main character never had any self reflection, even though, it was greatly needed.
It felt like there were random topics thrown in for fun because they didn’t add much to the story in my opinion.
There were way too many flashbacks that interrupted the story and only made the flow worse.
The characters were all really insensitive to all the bad situations too.
Also, why Belly? Sorry but if someone called me that, I would throw hands.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Cancer

Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

There was also divorce which I would consider used graphically throughout the book.

bookshelfhannah's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship