Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung by Nina MacLaughlin

11 reviews

magikskydad's review

It was very well written but incredibly triggering for me. It is not an anthology for the light hearted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Vomit, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Rape, Incest, Excrement, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Acephobia/Arophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Wonderful book but if you’re struggling with mental health I would be gentle with your self. It’s pretty rough.

haleytaryn's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Pedophilia, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Incest, Child abuse, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Rape, and Violence

lautlines's review

dark emotional funny informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Retelling of short stories showing women's perspectives is always something I will be all about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Rape, Cursing, Body horror, Incest, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Child death

mariakureads's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

This was an mixed bag of emotions for me.
MacLaughlin writes these from the pov of the female characters based on Ovid's Metamorphosis and gives them voices where some women had none, expands on the the few that did, and fleshes out the characterizations of them all.

Each story is vibrant in it's own way, each with a different tone and voice that gives each women a distinct voice and way of telling her story. So much emotion comes through and in such a range too!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape

edevoe8891's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, War, Child death, Infidelity, Rape, Gaslighting, and Incest

emilianadelauro's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Child death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Incest, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Body shaming, Blood, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, and Violence

laserdiscreader's review

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Incredible retelling of myths I knew well, recognized, and didn't know prior to reading. I loved the structuring of each narrator's story within the larger book which, per the author's note, was intentional and therefore I appreciated it even more. Because of who the narrators are, the majority are very tough to read, especially if the topics at hand are personally triggering. I'm rarely bothered by any questionable content and even I started squirming during a few of these retellings. But then a hard tale is followed up by a beautiful one and it just all flows so well. This was read during a time I'm only reading from the library, and I plan to add this to my personal collection soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity

theinvulnerabletide's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Pedophilia, Incest, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia

hunkydorky's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

alambnamedpam's review

adventurous emotional tense

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Infidelity, Incest, Grief, Excrement, Domestic abuse, and Adult/minor relationship