Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman

6 reviews

shoham's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

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

1.25

I liked all of it, it was wonderful! And then... The ending came to ruin it all. I listened to it on audiobook and I was fucking devastated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Police brutality, Murder, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Body shaming, Misogyny, Animal death, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Death, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Mental illness

and this is clearly a very weird book, so beware of that

jhurdman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Confinement

Minor: Sexual harassment

justagir1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Death, Classism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol

joensign's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Confinement, and Body shaming

Moderate: Gaslighting, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Body horror, Classism, and Pedophilia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Murder, and Drug use

meg_elyse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Police brutality, Self harm, Body shaming, Classism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Antisemitism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Genocide, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Child death

Minor: Murder, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia

georgiesutton's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I felt like the extensive use of italic font really took away from my experience reading this book. It made it hard to get into and made me not want to pick it up as much despite being somewhat invested in the storyline. I did find the romance element a bit unfounded (even though that’s the point), it just wasn’t as believable. I did like this book but wish I’d gone for the audio book instead. 

The title drew me in but it was too character heavy for me with the plot switching tenses and timelines in a way that did not add to the storyline and I just wish it had given me a bit more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Rape, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Antisemitism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Animal death