Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

16 reviews

kellyloubishop's review

dark lighthearted 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Drug use, Incest, Murder, Torture, Abandonment, Body shaming, Car accident, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Fatphobia

clairew97's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

onthelam's review

adventurous mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I found myself rooting for a murderer.

I was unsatisfied at the end when she didnt receive the money and felt as if she has been further wronged.

Interesting but i felt it could have been more..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Hate crime, Sexism, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, and Toxic friendship

camelliagwerm's review against another edition

dark funny

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

3.25

Overall an enjoyable read, but it started to feel like it was dragging on in the latter part of the book. I do enjoy a thoroughly unlikeable narrator - and Grace is - but I do feel like this book could have done with some editing for a tighter, more intense reading experience as there are more than a few rambling paragraphs. The idea was good, and when the plot moved along I enjoyed it, but the execution wasn't quite there.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Abandonment, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Eating disorder

kayesomething's review

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Death of parent, Car accident, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Misogyny

Minor: Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Cancer

aliceloyallaleon's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

The beginning and end were great, got a bit slow in the middle but loved the hilarious tone and the ending was unexpected

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Eating disorder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship