Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Elämäni seinäruusuna by Stephen Chbosky

38 reviews

kkulhannie's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Car accident

egurgens's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.0

I had trouble enjoying the format the book was written in. I get the idea, of Charlie sending letters to this unknown author as his way of coping. However, I am definitely not a fan of the first person point of view. Although the books syntax gets better as Charlie gets better at writing, it’s a little off putting to have to read a book where improper sentence structure is common. I loved the fact that the reader could see how Charlie was progressing and getting better at his English class just by the way he writes, but it was still a little annoying. I wish that the letters were only part of the story, instead of the story being told entirely through letters. 
The book is also incredibly slow. I understand that the reader is experiencing and learning just as Charlie is, but the amount of mundane detail that has no impact on the plot is excessive. I enjoyed getting to know and love the characters as Charlie did, but I think it could have been a little bit faster. 
I’m terms of the plot or meaning of the story, this book is tragic. Death, grief, depression, molesting, rape, just so much shit happens to this poor kid. As tragic as the book is, I feel that’s it’s fairly representative of what an actual kid his age may go through. Yeah, sure, not everyone goes through as much as Charlie did, but almost everyone does to some level. So I enjoyed the book for its realism and lessons, but disliked the format and pace. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, and Toxic friendship

etherealyoungster's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

chloevienna's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

utuisuus's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia and Suicide

emre's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia and Suicide

mariethem1lf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

hapalyn's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This is by far the best book I have ever read. It is so relatable as a teenager, someone in highschool, someone struggling with mental illness, and etc. The characters are flawed, and I think that's what makes the book so much more relatable. It shows how imperfect people really are. I think the friendships/relationships in this book are so interesting, and the novel is overall something that I find causing me to reflect a lot on myself. I would recommend this book to someone who needs to feel like they're "not alone" and desires to be understood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Alcohol