Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Maame by Jessica George

42 reviews

cait_reads_and_drinks's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide

maregred's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol, Abandonment, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Toxic relationship and Drug use

mraddd's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, and Suicide

khoala_tea's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual content, Racism, Alcohol, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

bookishconnections's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

Really enjoyed this book, Maddie goes through a lot in the book and the journey to find herself can be painful at times but I really enjoyed the ride.

It is sexually explicit in some places but done in a very tasteful way and true to the character and her experiences.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Toxic relationship

fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition

emotional

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Maddie is just so damn relatable. What a beautiful, sad and emotional coming of age story. I'm going to be thinking about this book for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry

whatmadsreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Infidelity, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

cee_ceon's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Sexual content, Abandonment, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Lesbophobia, Racism, and Biphobia

jenmcreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

4.5

This book was fantastic (and the audio is excellently narrated)! I went in fairly blind and ended up listening to the whole audiobook in one day. Maddie is such a well written character, and manages to balance her anxieties, her naivete, and her intelligence so realistically. I loved the ruminations on grief, challenging family dynamics, parentification, delayed adulthood, and modern dating, among other themes. This one is sticking in my mind for sure. I look forward to reading more from Jessica George I hope!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content and Biphobia

internationalreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Medical content, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Biphobia