Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

It Ends At Midnight by Harriet Tyce

5 reviews

lillyrose97's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Violence, Gore, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

cbaldwinstar's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I saw some of the twists coming … but not them all! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Toxic friendship

kateea7536's review

dark sad tense slow-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

2.0

The premise was a very interesting one. I love a murder mystery sort of book but I found a few things a bit jarring. I found the fact that there was lots of interjections from the crime that was presented at the start of the book throughout. This meant the end was supremely obvious because you knew what was going to happen, it was just a case of who. I felt the book could have been half the length it was because a lot of it was repetition of the same plot points again and again e.g. Tess wanting Sylvie to talk to Linda. Tess and Sylvie’s friendship wasn’t particularly believable, they just seemed highly incompatible. I didn’t feel I knew the characters well enough. There was also so much of the book based around alcohol, which was a bit boring and repetitive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Blood, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Cancer, and Drug use

mysterymom40's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Rape, Cancer, Cursing, Death, and Gaslighting

dorsetreader's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Cancer, Blood, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship