Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh

69 reviews

kkelly83's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

adleigh13's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood

Minor: Vomit

lallagray's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense slow-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: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage

alligatoralyssa's review against another edition

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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This book could be cut in half, if not more, by going through with a red pen and slashing out all the repetitive conversations. Every chapter feels like a reiteration of one of the same five interactions. If I took a drink every time Jonny went on about how he, "can't do this, it's wrong, I'm crazy over this girl, she's messing with my head", I'd have alcohol poisoning. Despite the large volume of words, the dialogue is choppy and underdeveloped at best. 

And his friend Gibsie ALWAYS replies with the same thing. I was able to finish this thing in less than a week because of how much skimming I could do. 

I picked up this book initially to have fun reading some poor writing, and I was rewarded. It just could have been so much shorter.

There was no character development. It felt like every character stayed the exact same as how they appeared on page 1, excepting some of the side characters, like Joey. But even then, it's barely. 

I got the Barnes & Noble exclusive edition, and was annoyed/disappointed with how poorly the book was made. The plastic film covering the spine was peeling after a few days, and the front cover was curling into a U-shape after just a few hours of owning it. I haven't seen a single copy that doesn't do it. So maybe instead of Binding 13 they should put some effort into Binding Their Damn Book Better. Seriously, it's clearly cheaply made, showing little regard for their consumers. If you want to buy a copy, just get the regular edition. The exclusive content is just two short scenes that added nothing. 

Also, I don't think this novel should be categorized as YA. I'm sincerely concerned about teen audiences reading this as a desirable relationship in any form.

Edit: After cracking open Haunting Adeline, I am looking back at Binding 13 with a much more gracious view. By god that book is disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage

bellaperegrino's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

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This book tore me into pieces, how much the fmc goes thorugh is honestly unthinkable and how the mcc makes it his mission to helo
her in any way shape or form 
im utterly amazed by it and i would totally recommend it if you can deal with hard subjects 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

bissm16's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

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I read it all but kind of wish I hadn’t. So many trigger warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

averyturner's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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uh excuse me the CLIFFHANGER!!? WHO DOES THAT!! also petition to assassinate teddy lynch :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Pregnancy

mention of child rape briefly.

madanobrega's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy

cam_cameron44's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts

velorum's review against another edition

0.5

dark lighthearted slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Oops I’m responsible for my algorithm, and I messed myself up with this one…

This book could’ve easily been half the length with a better editor: quite a few chapters were regurgitated scenes that I’ve just read but done in another supporting character’s POV. The adults in here suck, and a lot (if not all) of their decisions were implausible. CPS should’ve been called on all of them.

Tedious reading.

Bonus 0.25⭐️ because I actually got to learn a bit about rugby 🏉 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Vomit