Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

My Policeman by Bethan Roberts

64 reviews

neptunereign's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: Grief and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Sexism, and Misogyny

oliverlang's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

If you're looking for a book with a happy ending and queer joy, this isn't it. It's a telling of a life from 2 different perspectives - 2 people in love with the same man - and the outcome of those relationships as a result.

I didn't not enjoy this book, it was easy to read and there were some nice parts but it's not a must read for me. As a queer person, it will never not be wild to me reading about the criminalisation of the existence of lgbtq+ people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Hate crime, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

trintrin's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

THIS. IS. THE. SADDEST. BOOK. I'VE. EVER. READ!! A cruel, raw, story in which three people's lives are utterly ruined, no happily ever after at all. 

Not a fan of the writing style. There were wayyy too many Marion scenes for my liking. I don't think I've ever hated a main character this much. Wanted more of Patrick, and Tom was completely absent. But aside form that, it's a pretty good book. Apt to that era of time. Throughout the entire book, I kept imaging the characters as their actors, even thought I've literally never watched the movie (and the movie hadn't even been out when I read this too) 

Patrick's jail time was just way too cruel man. Really glad Marion's "plan" backfired so spectacularly. Julia was the best, my fave. This book portrays the kind of prejudice the LGBTQ+ community had to put up with in the past, and still have to in some countries. So this was an eye-opener, in a way. But also, at times, it felt really obvious it was written by a straight white woman.

Anyways, I read this only for Harry Styles :D

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Terminal illness and Suicide

woolfism's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Outing, Infidelity, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, and Terminal illness

Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, Medical content, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

spacecowgirl's review against another edition

dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

damn, harry, are you okay? 'cause honey, this book is Depressing with a capital d. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content and Hate crime

tagbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Favorite book read in 2021 so far. Romance but not the kind to make you shudder. Very sweet but sad.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content, Hate crime, and Terminal illness

mirelg6's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Toxic relationship

scewart's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Outing, Infidelity, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Lesbophobia

lhenschke's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

sofiastyles's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

the most amazing book i've ever read. i read it in two days (couldn't put it down) and left me heartbroken for a week after

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Toxic relationship