Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

36 reviews

gwenswoons's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I thought this was mostly pretty terrible despite having plenty of memorable and fun characters. The writing felt so repetitive and the sort of mishmash of genres and plots felt so jumbled and clunky. The second-chance love story itself was less painful to me than the rest of it and I think I could have for sure tolerated a simple Nathan and Meddy rom-com! But the murdery cover-up stuff (despite moments of humor with the aunts) is so muddled — we’re supposed to be ok with the fact that they killed this dude because he was a predator? Like, sure, I’m on board for that, but also how are we laughing about that? It’s just like…not funny?? (This aside from the fact that I don’t actually feel like I would read this as a murder to begin with, tasing someone who’s about to assault you?? So like…the entire premise flopped for me?)

Anyway. I found myself wishing the writing and structure of this were much better so I could actually follow up and read more about the characters (many of whom I actually liked on a basic level). But I couldn’t tolerate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tey_lynn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

abby_can_read's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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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I had a wonderful time reading this book. It was excellent. I haven't laughed this much in awhile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

katrinalamothe's review

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

Despite the number of potential trigger warnings, this book is NOT what meets the eye and was quite the entertaining read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

caitlinemccann's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

Had me giggling and kicking my feet like a DCOM but with more swearing, murder, and family anxiety.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism and Vomit

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-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: Racism, Xenophobia, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault

lemonix_reads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Great read!

Really funny and I love the family dynamics! I laughed a lot with this book, wich doesn't happen a lot for me with books. I loved the main characters a lot. 

I do have to say, English is my 3rd language and I had to look up a few words. The author uses really 'fancy' words sometimes in English, but I didn't know what those meant. 

I recommend this book to anyone, esp. If you have a reading slump! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racism

keelirae113's review

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Police brutality, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

jackieyvette's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

This book was so fun to read, and I loved the pacing.
This story had so much love winding through it in so many ways. From Meddy and her aunts, Nathan, Jacqueline, and everyone in between. I can't wait to see what happens next. With all the love you almost forget this involves a dead body. Meddy and Nathan are adorable, and I really loved their story.
What I would describe as a rom-com Weekend at Bernie's.


Crying score: none

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment