Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

8 reviews

ellivallow's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, and Toxic relationship

blackcatkai's review

dark hopeful sad tense fast-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

4.5

CW: child death/murder, violence, blood, bullying, toxic relationship, suicide mentioned, murder, alcohol use, drug use, some fatphobia, casual ableism, stalking

this was an absolutely wild ride of a book. it had a lot of cute moments of romance that i was totally rooting for the MCs to make it through and then the twists kept coming and i could not stop reading. usually i dont care for detective/cop POVs, but even those aspects here were delightful. it might be Howard's writing, or it could be because Irish law enforcement read differently than US law enforcement, but whatever. i liked it, i had the best time, i will absolutely be picking up more from this author!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Stalking, Drug use, Fatphobia, Suicide, and Ableism

ashleylowry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Blood

Minor: Death, Abandonment, Child death, Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug use

chronicallyplotting's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

A suspenseful thriller, that keeps you guessing until the end. Takes place during the Covid pandemic, even though we are still in the pandemic today the book takes place during the lockdown. I wasn’t excited to read a book about Covid and all that transpired but this book only used the time frame and the lockdown part. Without being too stressful with the reminders of those days. Book was a bit repetitive but it switched POVs so we had to hear each side. Overall, really enjoyed this psych- thriller. I am always happy when the ending isn’t obvious. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Confinement, Gore, Death of parent, and Child death

kaylamoran's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

The first CRH book I read was The Nothing Man, and now this one.  I officially want to read everything by her.  While I rated both books 4 stars and not 5, they were the two most unique thrillers I've ever read, and that says a lot.
I thought I'd figured this one out twice.  I was wrong, twice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Blood and Dementia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

anneshamitha's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

I thought this would annoy me because of the COVID stuff but it was a fun thriller romp (as in, very depressing). The first half was super slow, the second half was thrilling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death, Bullying, and Alcohol

lou_o_donnell's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

rmdougherty's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide and Drug use