Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

4 reviews

karcitis's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-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: Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Rape, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use, War, Vomit, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

jessthanthree's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Violence, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Abandonment, Racism, Toxic relationship, Rape, Racial slurs, and Grief

Minor: Cannibalism, Drug use, and Colonisation

poirot's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Slavery, Blood, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and War

toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was a very interesting take on the vampire genre, and had some very interesting commentary and implications. I loved the structure of Gilda's life throughout the decades and was suprised that it ended up being quite speculative in the end. The writing style didn't grab me as much as other books have but the story was very engaging the focus on humanity and sharing life with others was very poignant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racism, Rape, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Minor: Vomit