Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Outlawed by Anna North

4 reviews

miarconnell's review

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book definitely had highs and lows but I really enjoyed this look at early feminism and the plight of women under the oppression of religious society. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

deezy's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Police brutality, Murder, Miscarriage, and Mental illness

kissmyash0600's review

dark emotional inspiring lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I'm so split on this book - I liked the story, but I felt like it developed too slow and for too long. The climax was in the last 75 pages of the book, it seemed, and then it ended. It's quite a commentary on how women end up being blamed for so many things and shoulder the burden of the gender stereotype. Even today, when a woman fails to get pregnant, their fertility is looked at with such scrutiny. Our reproductive system and various issues that we have are barely understood and instead of a real effort to better understand these issues, we instead have to see several doctors and sometimes wait years to get a true diagnosis. This book is empowering to those who face gender stereotypes head on, as well as those who have been made to felt less than for not being able to fulfill expectations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Incest, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, and Domestic abuse

asha_'s review

adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I read this entire book in one day because I absolutely could not put it down. It made me care and it made me hurt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Excrement, and Animal death