Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Nightbane by Alex Aster

8 reviews

el2319's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

myahthebookfiend's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

slaAAYYYYYYY. what a read. I loved it. can't give it enough praise. Miss Aster, you're personally going to have to pay for my therapy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

sweeks21's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Was not for that ending!! I don’t know what side I'm on anymore.... #whychoose

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death and Blood

ladybug12793's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.25

0.5 🌶️

I feel like this entire book could’ve ended in 200 pages if Grim just told Isla what was going on. Like just explain to her the reasoning behind attacking Lightlark instead of waiting for her memories to resurface. So dumb and frustrating. This whole book was like a big miscommunication trope. Also, I still don’t see how that justifies killing innocents when he could just explain everything instead. I want to be team Grim so bad, but I just can’t because he’s beyond toxic.

Makes me want to pull my hair out. It got pretty boring halfway through but the last 20% of the book was worth it.

Anyone else hoping this will end up being a ‘why choose?’ I doubt it will but that would be ideal. If only…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

elskede's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

amethyst15's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

Should not be labeled as a YA book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Rape, and Sexual assault

tacochelle's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

If there is one good thing about this book, it's that I felt compelled to take frequent breaks to read stuff that I knew I'd enjoy. Just because this book gives me a fucking headache. It's all the same problems I had with the first book but amplified. We bounce from scene to scene, always one big disaster after another with little to really connect it all together. Magic rulebreaking items like the starstick and the super duper healing potion are overused and abused. It makes the stakes so low despite the fucking war prepping and monster attacks. I don't care about the intricacies of aging between the different realms, Isla is barely an adult in a horny love triangle with two guys that are centuries older than her. It feels so gross. And what the fuck was that ending? That's not an ending to a book, that's a cliffhanger ending for chapters. I feel like I've wasted my time here.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aiplusyou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

1.75

it's better written than the first one! somehow! i'm not sure that's a good thing though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

the sexual assault/violence does not happen but the threat of it is ominously present at multiple points during the flashbacks