Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Reputation by Lex Croucher

89 reviews

emilo's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Racism, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Rape and Homophobia

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

meghanm404's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Minor: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Bullying

m_esme_rized_by_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

This book took me a long time to read, but on reflection, I think that is mostly down to the fact that it's in a writing style I am not used to reading. It's historical fiction, which I have not read much of until now, and after reading this book I am keen to give more of this genre a try! I enjoyed the characters and I felt like I knew them well by the end of the book, I especially loved how complex they were. I loved the humour that brought me a few unexpected and genuine laugh-out-loud moments throughout the story. It did take me a little bit to really get into the world and setting of the book, but after I was about halfway through the book, I got really invested, and the pacing really picked up for me in the second half. It's a solid story I can see myself re-reading in years to come, and I'm looking forward to reading more books in this style by the same author (and other authors too)! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent and Racism

jules_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, and Drug use

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Vomit

abibea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Drug use, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

annilane's review against another edition

funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Racism and Death of parent

jodiexmae's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Classism and Rape

courtnoodles's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Rape, Blood, Vomit, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Cursing

argentum_princeps's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug use, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Slavery, Racism, and Misogyny