Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Dead Take the A Train by Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw

2 reviews

thiscryptidreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

 📖 - 393 pages
Genre: occult horror 
POV: Single
Read via the Libby app

This was a vivid gory acid trip. Constantine meets American Gods vibes with a dash of Angels Wolf, Ram, and Hart. 

I loved the characters they all had so much depth you wanted to know more about them with each page turn, you're endeared and invested with Julie and her friends until the end and their mysterious, magical and macabre world.

 The book is a bit stuffy to read at times. Using some verbiage, I felt you might need a dictionary or Google search to make sure you were following along right. There were so many layers to the story, and each chapter Ping ponged you somewhere else so quickly it was occasionally hard to follow, so much so that the ending felt rushed and a bit cliffhangery. I was left needing more. (Hopefully a book 2 happens)

The slow burn added a nice tension that really drove the characters all the way to the end despite their being no actual romance most of the time. You want to cheer for them. 

Tyler can eat a bag of dicks. (No I won't explain further)
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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Addiction, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Vomit

kier__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Animal death and Sexual content