Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Get in Trouble by Kelly Link

4 reviews

traa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

catapocalypse's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This collection was quite a ride. There were many messy people, places, and things throughout. Oftentimes, a story was a character study set in a world with peculiarities which themselves could hold an ocean's depth of story behind them. I was unsure of things at first, but honestly, I expect that a reread could bump it up to a five-star rating. There's just so much to unpack; it would take a very close reading, like studying scripture.

My favorites of the bunch were the first and final stories: "Summer People" and "Light," respectively.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

mlewis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Vomit, Drug use, Murder, Drug abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Lesbophobia, Gore, Slavery, Incest, Homophobia, and Classism

mle11's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The world-building is very adventurous in these short stories, sometimes to the point where I couldn't tell what was going on. At its best, these stories are imaginative and very immersive and read like a mystery we're unraveling. At worst, they were kind of nonsense that would only make sense on a second or third read. My favorite stories were The Summer People and Two Houses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Death, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Incest, Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia