Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth

5 reviews

scifi_rat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Addiction, Murder, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

rachaelwho's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

This was mostly extremely tedious Mary Sue, reddit-quality nonsense, except a few surprise pockets like

the unexpectedly excellent description of her crystal high with the blue lights

. For that, I was prepared to give it a two. And then

the author decided that the solution to Debbie having an abusive husband who controlled and isolated her, was for Debbie to simply demand that Kari and Jack literally just get along from now on.

I hesitate to even give it a single star for that. Actually, y'know what? I won't. The writing sucked and that plotline was offensive and dangerous. Fuck this book right into the sun. This author owes me 9.5 hours.

Edited to add: apparently the author is possibly a white woman presenting herself as indigenous, which would honestly make *so* much sense. This book felt so generically, vaguely native, with a few con picuous references to "pretendians," "generokees," and "great great grandma Cherokee princesses." But I thought it was just like how badly the author wanted us to know Kari was sooooo metal and sooo badass and hot and not like other girls. Ugh! Could've saved myself some time if I'd looked into her. Seriously, skip this trash fire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Child abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Incest, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Genocide, Racism, and Slavery

chasingpages1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Murder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Torture, Racism, Stalking, War, Cursing, Gore, Body horror, Police brutality, Colonisation, Genocide, and Medical content

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcoholism, Addiction, Murder, Gore, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Incest, Body horror, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Racism, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual content

yuyuv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Addiction, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Car accident