Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Den nat hun forsvandt by Lisa Jewell

71 reviews

chantale's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Alcohol

espressoreader's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Classism

aas's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

laurensm_th's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia

cady_sass's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I really enjoyed this and then everyone in book club shit on it so that’s very on brand for me 🤣

Solid thriller with multiple points of view, all of the characters (hold a few randos) feel fully fleshed out and the story arc comes together nicely. The few twists really surprised me and anytime a thriller can actually surprise me is a win! 

It’s really tough to tell you what kept this from being 5 stars without spoilers, so I’ll just say this: it’s a bit messy in some parts with loose ends that don’t quite come together, or critical plot points that are just thrown casually together. BUT! It’s more good than bad and I would definitely recommend it. I’ve owned “And then she was gone” for years and never picked it up, now I’m finally inspired to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

_savannahreads_'s review against another edition

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

annniina98's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Minor: Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood

soph_luu12's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape