Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

21 reviews

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

‘They say that laughter is music but that is just one of the thousand untruths we suckle ourselves with. Some laughs are peakened, some are hideous, some can curdle blood.’

‘We must all find pointless causes to live for, or why bother with breath.’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Police brutality, War, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Infidelity, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt