Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

57 reviews

chanlo1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Violence, Cannibalism, and Car accident

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Car accident

danajoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Drug use, and Car accident

Minor: Cannibalism

anne_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Murder, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Cursing, Cancer, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Drug use, Terminal illness, Sexism, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Death, and Classism

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I liked this story and really any one where the girlies fight back. I liked how the story all came together, and I was really interested in the fictional island. Lux is a wild name for a character, though haha

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Abandonment, Alcohol, Murder, Sexual content, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, and Death

Minor: Car accident, Classism, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse

syazahaniss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Loved the creepy vibes from the get-go because I trusted not a single person who was introduced. The book was pretty fast-moving too so coupled with the creepiness, I was already hooked.

What threw me off though, was what happened afterwards on Meroe Island. I expected a dead body to be instantly found (or like within a few days) and they had to scramble to find out who did it and what was the motive lest they become the next victim. But this part was pretty slow-moving (the first body was discovered nearly 2 weeks later).

Some of the fights and conflicts were also confusing. I guess the author meant to make it such that it was the influence of the island that made them that way but because I didn’t trust anyone, I kinda just assumed they were inherently like that i.e the island didn’t play a part.

The “flashback” portions also felt unnecessary since the cliche big reveal scene in the last few chapters kind of summarised it all so I really didn’t appreciate the Before chapters, because they confused me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Drug use

elzibub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity and Drug use

Minor: Murder and Abandonment

heatherv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Drug use

c100's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

kathyovalle01's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Cursing