Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

78 reviews

bookishsapphicshay's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Murder, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism and Racism

audrey214's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

mfrisk's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It’s hard to fully wrap my head around my thoughts on this book. I enjoyed the characters and world building of the school throughout and thought that was well done. However towards the end I felt the book lost steam. I had hoped for a darker ending or for the book to have another twist I didn’t expect but I guessed part of the twist earlier on so it didn’t feel like there was enough after that point that amped up the intensity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Mental illness and Drug use

niccolowilliam's review

dark mysterious fast-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

3.5

It was good. Definitely kept my interest as i was reading it. Solid story. I love lesbians so that was nice. (Shout out to lesbians)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Vomit and Animal death

Minor: Racism, Classism, and Animal cruelty

nicoleacedit's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

 

This was a very weird book. Aside from the general unlikeableness of the characters, the writing was very repetitive at times. Certain phrases would appear multiple times even in the same chapter or on the same page but not in a way that makes it feel like it was intentionally done for emphasis or the like. Just really not my cup of tea :/

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Murder, Abandonment, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death, Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Transphobia

cass_reads_98's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Dark academia? WLW romance? Some really moreally grey decsisons? Yes, yes, and yes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Death, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Self harm

tc_booksandmore's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, and Animal death

Minor: Murder and Vomit

tulilipz's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

wait what????? but i still have so many questions 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Eating disorder, and Classism

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

4.5

4.5 rounded up! This was fantastic and I couldn't stop reading (finished it in one sitting XD). And honestly the moment

Ellis was like, let's reenact the murders, I was like NO BAD IDEA XD

and I was right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gaslighting, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit

crackedspines_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Grief, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Violence, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Vomit, Addiction, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Racism and Drug use

ableism: against someone with psychotic depression medical content: mentions of hospitalization, medication