Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

268 reviews

desireewoodwhite's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Sexism, Death of parent

auteaandtales's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Racism

chl0b1's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Toxic friendship

xbernadette's review against another edition

3.0

dark funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Abandonment, Classism

hschaapkens's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Classism

Minor: Cultural appropriation

keesreads's review against another edition

2.0

dark sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Deportation

josxphinchen's review against another edition

2.75

challenging reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

alfietdonnelly's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Devastating visceral and real, with a host of truly relatable peripheral characters and stories, a remarkable debut dive into contemporary prose.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Suicide attempt

adrienne_rennie's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, Dysphoria

morgancleaver's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent