Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

25 reviews

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Not me crying over disability rep in a Talia Hibbert novel again ＞﹏＜

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Classism, Alcohol, and Mental illness

chloelj27's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident

Minor: Toxic friendship

sirenricobooks's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abandonment

jessthanthree's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, and Abandonment

Minor: Toxic friendship

abception's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

 I didn't quite enjoy this one as much as Dani's book, but I still can't give it any less than 5 stars. Hibbert is absolutely an auto-buy (which is why I picked up Highly Suspicious in Waterstones today (a week early!!)). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

There's a minor car accident at the outset of the book where the female LI accidentally hits the male LI, breaking his wrist and giving him a mild concussion. References ribbing the female LI for her terrible driving are then made occasionally throughout the rest of the book. The male LI was abandoned by his parents and raised by his aunt from 10 yrs old onwards. Also has always been dumped by significant others due to behaviour related to autism. The female LI has an inner monologue two or three times throughout the book where she thinks on the way she has to suppress her personality or put on a facade for almost every friendship she has, where she feels she has to play a character/role for her more demanding friends.

bexi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

Eve is the best Brown sister, but 
Zafir is the best love interest, but
Get a Life, Chloe Brown is the best book in the trilogy. 

I won't accept any discourse on the matter. 🤷‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Racism, and Toxic friendship

saturnpersonified's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Classism, Ableism, and Abandonment

olijordan's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved this book so much. By far my favourite out of them all. There was something about their dynamics that just had me screaming like a little kid. 

What a sensational series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Ableism, and Car accident

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Abandonment, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

jackiie's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Talia Hibbert did it again!
With Act Your Age, Eve Brown she had me squealing, kicking and giggling over the story of Eve and Jacob.

I‘m glad now that I didn’t dnf the book just because Jacob Wayne was very similar to my ex boss at the beginning. But as I continued it turned out that Jacob has a soul and is a very lovable person.

I could also really relate to Eve. It was like looking into a mirror and after her story she ended up being my favourite Brown sister.

I can’t wait to read more from Talia Hibbert.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Ableism, Body shaming, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Bullying