Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

94 reviews

kt2e56's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I’m speechless. Oh my GOD, this was so good. The sci-fi and mystery angle is interesting in and of itself, but what really pulled me in was the ethics of cloning interwoven throughout. I think it’s because I’m a survivor myself, but I really related to a lot of this book and my heart ached quite a bit for Evelyn who was replaced for not being perfect for her husband and of course Martine who was groomed and molded based on the whims of a deeply fucked up individual.

The parts where Martine can’t figure out what *she* wants versus what she was created to want were really just so chilling. Reading the acknowledgements at the end and discovering that the author is also a survivor helped process a lot of this for me and my instincts about why certain aspects of this book crawled under my skin.

Definitely give this one a read if you can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Deals a lot with grooming but of an adult who is a

clone designed to cater to a man’s every whim.

Can be distressing.

corar's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Infidelity, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicide, Car accident, and Abortion

robinsong's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Cursing, Car accident, and Death of parent

paulrichard's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

nyssa_jo's review against another edition

reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol

mklein319's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

shakakan's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

bengines's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Murder, and Pregnancy

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy

banrions's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Well holy shit.

It’s nearly 3:30am and I should def be asleep, but I just plowed through this in (nearly) one sitting. I started it a bit a few days ago but today I picked it up and then didn’t put it back down a few hours ago. I loved so much about this. I hated so much about this. It made me furious at times. I love that it exists. I cannot believe that the author packed so much into this book. I read one of their other books Magic For Liars and remember really enjoying myself for the most part and I loved this one too.

The main character, Evelyn, is hard to like at times, but I always felt for her and wanted things to work out. The relationship between her and Martine was my favorite thing about the book. Some of the prose and the way this dealt with abuse, identity, what we owe each other gosh it was all so good.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, and Pregnancy