Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

38 reviews

rosalind's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Dysphoria and Grief

confusedmuse's review against another edition

emotional 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

It was a bit slow at the start for me, but once I got used to the style, the story really hits. A must read for LGBT+ fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Drug use and Cursing

orchidd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Racial slurs, Grief, and Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Racism, Addiction, Cursing, Classism, and Suicide

cutewitch's review

adventurous emotional slow-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

5.0

My god! I feel a fool for putting off this book for so long. Astounding—easily one of, if not my best books of the year. Not just a book, but literature… something I’ve been missing! Yes, my only complaint is that the beginning is slow; it’s true, the first 3 or 4 chapters I had a hard time getting through. But after that—wow, did I race through it this week! Yes, Nan is unlikable, but she’s real; isn’t that part of the point? You want your heroines to be perfect all the time? She is real, and quite unique, and all the characters around her are equally fleshed out. I also kind of wish that it was historically accurate; I didn’t realize it wasn’t until I read that bit bu the author included in someone else’s review. But that doesn’t really take away from it—the world feels so real, who cares if it isn’t?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship

vanadiumbean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

cnidariar3x's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Gorgeous sapphic bildungsroman with a sprinkle of "Napoleon Dynamite", a pinch of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" but sticks the landing much better with more nuance than either.

I love this book so much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Racial slurs, Confinement, Classism, Racism, Infidelity, and Outing

denimtuxedo's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Physical abuse, and Sexism

foofymcgriddle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse

Minor: Forced institutionalization