Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Gizli Tarih by Donna Tartt

715 reviews

frran's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Donna Tartt si riconferma sempre strepitosa. L’ho divorato! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Incest, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

_jasper_394's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, and Gun violence

Moderate: Incest, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

waywardgurl's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Suicide, Alcoholism, Incest, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

ducktofu's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Classism, Addiction, Murder, Suicide, Gun violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Blood, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Incest

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

seforana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Self harm, Body horror, Gore, Incest, and Suicidal thoughts

cherryfreckle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Drug abuse, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Incest, Alcoholism, Classism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, Vomit, Eating disorder, and Misogyny

megn9's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

iordanmoore's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.75

Gorgeous prose, but a slow read. Worth staying with book until the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Addiction, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

s000ul3's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Murder, Death of parent, Sexism, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Classism, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Incest, Sexual violence, Blood, Violence, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Gun violence, and Drug use

bookish_bry's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

The Secret History was a very good read. Despite the fact that we knew exactly what the plot was going to be from the beginning, the journey there and the consequences was so well written that I was constantly intrigued. This book was dark and the characters were interesting. It was a surprisingly easy read, though long. I never found myself bored and plan to read more by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Incest and Classism

Minor: Sexual content