Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

26 reviews

taelights's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

Personally I didn't like this one as much as the first book until the very end because I just disliked all the characters so I just couldn't get into it. I think this author is just not for me and I should just stick the the tv adaption but i will be giving the next book a read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Bullying, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Vomit, Cancer, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

graceev's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Bullying, Cancer, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, Death, and Infidelity

luxxltyd's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

franticfreya's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Alcoholism, Stalking, Sexual assault, Grief, Bullying, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

literallyliterature's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, and Cancer

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Toxic friendship, Murder, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Violence, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit and Homophobia

shanno_h0's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, and Murder

kjm_x's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

ecn's review

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Not bad, better than the first in certain ways. I wish the characters (old and new) were a bit more fleshed out. I wanted to know more about them as people outside of the story. I was also hoping for more character development. I’ll definitely be reading the 3rd when it comes out in hopes of more development but I’m not betting on it.

I didn’t see the ending coming though, which was nice (crazy) surprise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Blood, Murder, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Grief, Bullying, Self harm, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Violence, Sexism, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, and Addiction

ldruckreier's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Death, Alcohol, Murder, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

greenapplescented250's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Cancer, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Stalking, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse