Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Deep by Alma Katsu

3 reviews

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Classism, Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual content, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Sexism, Stalking, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Abortion, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, and Infertility

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

The Fervor was interesting and skillfully woven; this was a titanic fan fiction clusterfuck with random supernatural bits

Wouldn’t recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Misogyny, and Suicide attempt

pejms's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Child death, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Child abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

It’s a horror novel, bad things happen to a variety of characters, read at your own discretion