Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Paperweight by Meg Haston

12 reviews

inkandbooksforever's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

The book was very emotional and it didn’t feel very cliche despite the chance it had to be because the main focus was a girls struggle with anorexia. It can be triggering for readers experiencing the same thing but I think anyone can learn from it. It helps people not living with it understand those who are and I think what the main character was feeling was accurate for most teenagers even if they didn’t have the same problem. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Death, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

andreamhi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Eating disorder, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Forced institutionalization

carolinacortez's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

3.5

La verdad ahorita no tengo mucho que decir más que pega, pega mucho, es muy rápido de leer y toca el tema (a mi criterio) de la mejor manera y profesional posible, lo cual no me sorprende ya que la autora es terapeuta, muy buena historia, realista y repito pega mucho, busquen las advertencias antes de leerlo. 

"Para mí el punto medio no existe" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

oliviajayne98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Death, Dysphoria, and Self harm

cassettetaped's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Car accident, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Self harm

kateelissa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Self harm, and Medical content

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.5

This book was so heartbreaking, but so powerful in its message. This story follows a young girl struggling with an eating disorder and suicidal thoughts. Stevie was struggling before the death of her brother, the only one who seemed to notice she was struggling, but after an accident that Stevie blames herself for, she feels entirely hopeless. She plans to commit suicide on the anniversary of Josh's death, but she is sent to an eating disorder treatment facility about a month before that date. 
This book was definitely difficult to read because it was very explicit in Stevie's thoughts about herself and life in general. If you are in the right headspace, I think this is a powerful book about grief and hope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Car accident

sra_rdmn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Death, Child death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Body shaming, and Addiction

abitofapoet's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

2.75

Well written & realistic, but just not my cup of tea. I have a hard time connecting with characters i don’t like, and i wasn’t a fan of Stevie for most of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Suicide, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Self harm, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Medical content

malakramzy's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Car accident, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts