Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe

43 reviews

alisacress's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Gore, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Rape, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Body horror, and Vomit

kaylasbookgram's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I am a sucker for the Peter Pan fairytale and when my book club suggest this I just had to read the series. This book pulled me in from the very beginning. 

It’s based generations after the original Wendy Darling had visited Neverland but now it’s darker then before. Peter is only after one thing. Finding his shadow, and he’s convinced this new Darling girl has the answers he’s been searching for all these years. Will she be able to help him find his shadow and become the King of Neverland once again or will she disappoint him as the others did before her? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Confinement, and Violence

shinyfox's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

3.0

I dunno. I felt like the book was going at a good pace and then suddenly it felt rushed and then it was over? It left me wanting, but not in an eager way - like you would for a sequel. I finished reading and went "....That was it? 🤨"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Murder, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Grief

gdwilliams019's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, Blood, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping

_mirambo_'s review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

phoebexcx's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

mcpod's review

dark fast-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? Yes

2.0

Plot and characters are very surface level.  Not much depth.  Lots of smut, particularly of the violent nature

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Blood, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse

r1vana's review

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was neither good nor bad.

 In this world, and in yours, if you're not the monster, then you're the prey. And we can't have that, Darling. 

A short dark retelling of Peter Pan with RH; where he kidnaps a Darling every few years, whenever they turn 18, because their ancestors stole his shadow; which bring him power and makes him a ruler. Without it he is weak. 

Now, he kidnaps Willow Darling on her 18th birthday. He taught that she was like all the previous ones; scared; upset; crybaby. But Willow isn’t. She, on the other hand, has hots for all the guys… 

Willow grew up with a mentally traumatic mother(due to being kidnapped) and has been practically raised herself. She knew about her mother’s profession: a prostitute. From a young age, there was a woman that she idolized name Stella. Stella is good at what she is doing. She knew how to use her knowledge and body to manipulate greedy men.

And so when Willow gets kidnapped to Netherland. She tried those tactic. What she didn’t expects is for them to see through it all. 

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Sometimes I got second hand embarrassment from Willow. She is definitely those FMC who think of themselves better then the other girls. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Violence

_terah_hansen_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

mwass's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.5

Dark and almost entirely smut with very little plot. However, I didn’t put it down and because of the cliff hanger will probably read the second one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship