Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Попитай сърцето by Светла Лекарска, Amélie Nothomb, Amélie Nothomb

3 reviews

yilliun's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

For such a short book, this hits hard. We explore the differences in how feminine relationships develop through the eyes of Diane (named for the Roman goddess of the hunt). Her mother’s ongoing bitterness towards her for “ruining” her life shifting into Diane’s desperate attempts to get her mother’s attention pulled at my heartstrings. It was a painfully accurate portrait of mother/ daughter relationships and the ways in which those dynamics continue to play out later in life.

The twist ending had me tearing up

twenty stab wounds for twenty years of being an uncaring and cruel mother 😭😭😭😭 insanely genius and a wonderful parallel to Diane’s own life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent

emily_bronte's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

5.0

holy shit, this book. this has got to be one of the best books i’ve ever read. the plot twist 3 pages from
the end caught me off guard. this book is so addicting that i didn’t put it down and read it one go. holy fuck. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

the friend gets killed by her own daughter, brutally ( it isn’t showed) the mother isn’t abusive in the physical way more mentally and emotionally

anczki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment