Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

40 reviews

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Suicide

alexandrakerfai's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Murder

ashyq's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Ableism

Minor: Suicide

lawralthelibrarian's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Toxic relationship

tamara_joy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

As the back cover says, "a riveting, atmospheric thriller" is right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

kristie_deaver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I could not put this book down. I loved the mystery slowly unfolding, yet the book never feeling slow. My only confusion was timeline. There where times when I felt confused about when we were with Calla, Theo and Bee. Overall, I would have loved to see more diversity called into the book. This story is a chilling tale that will take you into the world of Pastoral; the only way out is through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy, Blood, Infidelity, and Gun violence

hi_im_aj_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Death and Murder

beccasherman's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Death

krys_kilz's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

The first 100 pages of this book were so slow and drawn out. This coupled with the redundant and excessive description made it difficult for me to get into the story. 

About halfway into the book, things began to pick up and there were a lot of surprising twists and turns. The commentary on Levi's violence and how the entire community was responsible for it reminded me a little of Hannah Arendt's analysis of authoritarianism and power.

Overall, the book wasn't as exciting as I hoped it would be from the description. I think pared down, it would have made for a much more compelling book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy and Alcoholism

Minor: Gun violence

apiora215's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder