Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Heart Principle – L'ipotenusa dell'amore by Helen Hoang

166 reviews

alexhaydon's review against another edition

emotional fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

jkiranjot's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Minor: Classism

takarakei's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

silversparkles50's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

bookedinsideout's review against another edition

3.0

This sat frozen on my holds list for quite awhile because I wasn’t sure if it was for me after it changed from being “Quan’s book” to something much more serious. Thinking of it as general fiction rather than a romance made a big difference in my reading experience, and I ended up ultimately happy I gave it a chance.

The relationship was just one part of it, but I appreciate seeing people struggling with things we don’t always see in romance. The hero was beginning a sexual relationship for the first time after having a testicle removed, and the heroine was given the time and space to discover her pleasure on her own terms and with the recognition that there might be times when sex is not so regular.

Same with the other things that came up in the book — feelings of family responsibility, the guilt that can come with caregiving burnout, learning to assert yourself when people don’t treat you well or respect your boundaries, ableism and not respecting a neurodivergent diagnosis — even though I think it’s valuable to see and talk about, there was a lot of heavy in this book. I can believe that these things could all come together resulting in an emotional hurricane of emotions, but it’s hard to read all in one book.

So, in conclusion: 1) happy I read it; 2) I wish maybe it was split up into three different books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

buckaroo97's review against another edition

emotional 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: Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

mamawantsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

anaswara's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

booksandcat's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

katieelizabeth_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

Overall, I enjoyed this book! It was definitely a romance with spice but it was also so much more than that. The story brings to life many different elements such as autism awareness, disability rep, being a caregiver, feelings of loss and hopelessness etc. It was an intriguing and emotional romance to read. HOWEVER, the amount of times I read the word ASS in this book. PLUS, is it a consensus between authors to put in extremely awful lines when describing smut "the globes of his ass" - what...Anyway, overall a good and emotional read! I would recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent