Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Wonderland by Juno Dawson

6 reviews

zoey98's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Incest, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence

kajoreads's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

The good:

–The premise and the setting were interesting.

–I enjoyed a lot of the commentary around transness.

–the Alice in Wonderland retelling aspect was fun.


The bad:

–There were some weird jokes and descriptions that came across like microaggressions.

–The mental illness rep was questionable.

–I wish the MC’s internalized misogyny was addressed better.

–Overall, the book simply didn’t live up to my expectations. The synopsis had me hoping for an investigative mystery. This wasn’t that.

–The resolution was underwhelming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Self harm, Suicide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Abandonment, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Racism, Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Biphobia, Ableism, Violence, and Blood

stellabombella's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Outing, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

literarylily's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Deadnaming, Mental illness, Drug use, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Incest, Sexual assault, Cursing, Animal death, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cultural appropriation

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Self harm, Deadnaming, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Outing, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Death, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Violence, Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Transphobia

cwatson1234's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense 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: Body shaming, Transphobia, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Suicide