Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

31 reviews

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

__romancereader__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved loved loved this book so much james aka hook was my favorite in the whole book i have zero complaints about this book its most definitely a five star book for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Torture, Gore, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Cursing

Not all content warnings are about the main characters some are and some are about the characters that come along in the book❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥💖💖

stitchof's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Toxic friendship

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, Alcohol, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Sexism, Bullying, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and Toxic friendship

capucapulet's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

i guess dark romance isn't my thing..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

hitheremynameislisa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Torture, Death, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, and Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

mari_library's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

Gosh where to start. I feel like this book was conflict after conflict without any resolution. By the 70% mark I started to skim. 

The plot and story feels underdeveloped and the motivation for the characters to be together not really explained. Like it never stopped feeling like James/Hook was using Wendy. The characters lack communication and they seem to hold unimportant things as the most important things. Mostly in the 50% mark where the big conflict started to arise, it doesn't feel developed. A lot of things go brushed off that should've been explored to make a larger impact. The smut scenes were anti-climatic to be honest and the writing did leave me a bit lost in certain scenes. It feels like you're being told scene after scene without any actual explanation. This book would've benefited from being single POV because the things that were supposed to be impactful felt silly knowing the other character's point of view. The relationships did not feel real rather it was romantic or friendly. Wendy is just naive and James is childish. This book was just meh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Murder, Gore, Death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

books_before_bed_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Pedophilia

alireads's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

steffandbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Well, I had high hopes and got disappointed. Didn’t like Hook or Wendy. They had moments, sure, but I feel like they never really talked, to each other. Like yeah, small talk sure, but nothing deep down only like around page 270 did Hook’s past come out. And the sexy scenes between them? Didn’t like that either. Aftercare? Not sure if that exist in the world of this book. I’ve read dark romances before, but some scenes in here just disgusted me and I felt like I was watching a bad porn, just instead of watching I read it. No offense though. Pretty sure there are people out there that enjoyed it. Just not for me. And the plot twist weren’t really surprising to me. I kind of knew every traitor before they were even revealed… and the ending, oh boy… I don’t think that Wendy had enough time in the book to actually come to the point to be able to do what she did…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship