Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

153 reviews

violetends's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

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

5.0

One of the most visceral, fucked up, horrendous things I've ever read. An absolutely unhinged fever dream. I am in awe. The audio book version is truly sublime. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Classism

0leander's review

dark tense

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

5.0

Horrible. Nauseating at times. One chapter is physically impossible to read as intended. Five stars
(no, really, read the content warnings)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Gore, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

madelinequinnee's review

dark 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

4.5

Wow, this was insane but oh so good! A beautifully written horror, this made me feel so many emotions from disgust to hope to anger to sadness. There’s so many layers to this novel and I highly recommend anyone interested in queer horror to pick this up ASAP! 

I loved the references to The Haunting Of Hill House, and the use of a haunted house not in a ghosts sense but more a deep prejudice embedded into a place. I think that’s the most believable theory of hauntings and this book showed that really well! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

haggisdragon's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, and Toxic friendship

samgray's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

lily_peach's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Violence, and Vomit

bearbookshelf's review

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

lemonyanne's review

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Surface level, this is a haunted house book. But it is soooo much more than that. It’s a dark and gruesome, slaps-you-across-the-face kind of book that forces you to look inwards and at the state of the world around you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

cass_lit's review against another edition

2.25

This wasn’t for me. I didn’t like the language (tons of trigger warnings here for hate speech, vile language, sexual language, etc etc), I didn’t get the metaphor (fascism, racism, transphobia, antisemitism are bad yes but what did they have to do with the haunted house), I didn’t like the characters (both of them need therapy and god are there literally ONLY unhealthy relationships in this), I don’t know why we had to be so racist/ transphobic/ antisemitic/ etc to prove a point, and I don’t understand the house plot. I still don’t know why the house is haunted. I know why Alice and Ila have trauma but I don’t know what I’m supposed to take from it — that sometimes rape accusations are all in your head? That can’t be right. 

Maybe there was a point to this book and maybe it will mean something to someone, help them feel seen. Not me, but I wasn’t the target audience, so…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

valkyriecain82's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol