Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Honeybee by Trista Mateer

7 reviews

moriahleigh's review

emotional sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia and Toxic relationship

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction

bi_n_large's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse

sarah_nestler's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, and Child abuse

lovelymisanthrope's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

This was my first poetry collection from Trista Mateer, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! This poetry collection explores themes of heartbreak, love, self-love, acceptance, and everything in between. Alot of the poems cycle back to Trista sharing her feels about her first real heartbreak: a girl who was her friend for years, secret lover, and is now getting married to a man. There are also several poems that share how Trista's family are unsupportive of her identity as a bisexual woman. 
I loved how the poetry collection progressed through the stages of grief following a heartbreak. Healing is not linear: some days things get better, and some days it is nearly impossible to get out of bed. Trista was raw and real, showcasing her authentic feelings at all points during her journey. I also really appreciated seeing her road to self-love. It is so hard to love yourself when the world tells you how you feel is wrong, but when you are true to yourself, everything eventually falls into place. 
I did feel like there were some poems that felt repetitive, but I still enjoyed them all the same! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content

imaginingly's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

i really liked this!! it definitely made me think about my previous relationship(s) and reflect on how much i have grown as an individual. for sure out of my comfort zone but i loved it. i just wish it would have dealt more with the healing process than it did but overall a good read!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

meganrose7's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Short and sweet and one of my new favourite poetry books! The story of a first love and the challenges of truly moving on conveyed in these pages hits a smidgen too close to home for me and I found it all horribly relatable (which made it a fantastic read), and I really enjoy her style. I had to dog eat at least a quarter of the book for especially brilliant passages! I highly recommend it!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Addiction, and Mental illness