Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Scarred by Emily McIntire

26 reviews

kaelizaco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Mental illness, Confinement, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

mateika83's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

0.25

I really did not like this book. A Lion King retelling. The female main character was weak and annoying. The male main character was problematic in the worst ways. He threatened to have female characters SA'd and was very possessive in a bad way. Ick!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Stalking, Misogyny, Violence, and Toxic relationship

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Violence, Abortion, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

whatjasread's review against another edition

DNF @ p121

Oh this was so not it

• Tristan is genuinely just a prick with a god complex and not in a hot way, like in a ‘you’re worthless’ way and it’s not cute
• there is zero chemistry and we’re so far in ??? I’m ok with a slow burn but this is glacial
• I don’t know if it’s because I wasn’t expecting historical fantasy but this is not working for me at all

TWs (until p121): death of father (before book), toxic family, alcohol consumption, smoking, drug use, nightmares, gore, decapitation (off page), sexism, scarring/body horror, bullying, blood, torture, murder

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Drug use, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent

booksellerrachel's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Dark and twisted, I was glued to the pages for two days straight. I loved our two main characters. Tristan was unapologetically violent and it was perfect. This book was a ride and I adored every second.

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Content Warnings

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

kyzee2101's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

I was expecting a lot more after reading Hooked, and this book was a huge disappointment. The characters were absolutely awful.

75% of the book was just Tristan’s internal monologues of how he deserved the throne, yet he’s an entitled, manipulative narcissist that tortured his followers! Who with half a brain cell would want to put him on the throne? Sara B. had the personality of a soggy waffle.

Simon and Timothy were the only redeeming characters. The setting was  also just poorly developed. Why was it set in the 1900s? Where was this country? I was convinced this was fantasy until someone mentioned Paris wtf. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny