Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

55 reviews

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

The twist comes much too late in the narrative, feeling unwelcome after the much more complicated first three quarters, but the book is overall an interesting and frightening look at what it takes to excel in white dominated occupations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Stalking

mswarning's review

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Gaslighting

mizelse's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

ladygetslit's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Stalking

jenwestpfahl's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book gets a lot of hate for pacing but I kind of liked the slow burn. I felt unsettled the whole time as it slowly became obvious what was happening. I also didn’t mind that it was a reveal of exactly what you thought it was rather than a twist. 

At first I thought the end was a little abrupt but the epilogue makes you think. So not very character’s future is wrapped up in a bow for you. So what? 

I didn’t much care for Nella and wanted to shake her seal more than once. I often see dislike of the main character as a criticism but why do we always need to like the main character?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Racism

keeganrb's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Moderate: Toxic friendship

frannyb's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Racism, and Gaslighting

deamon's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

The plot twist is the must be the most ridiculous thing I've read in a while. The rest of the book was okay but nothing I would recommend reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping, Racial slurs, and Slavery

hannah2186's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Police brutality, Slavery, Alcohol, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, and Racial slurs

Minor: Stalking

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

This was a very original thriller that was witty and thought-provoking. I liked the epilogue a lot.

This being said, I found that the plot dragged at some parts and it was hard to get to the ending of the book. As well, the stakes were not as clear as we moved towards the end of the book, so it was hard to maintain engagement with the protagonist. As well, the whole plot comes together at the very end of the book, leaving a lot of build up without a lot of follow-through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Stalking, and Toxic friendship