Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper

45 reviews

lottselgar's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.75

never felt more attached to a group of women who work in a brothel before

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Body shaming, Death, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Grief, Abandonment, Abortion, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Death of parent, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Gaslighting, Vomit, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Sexism, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Murder

leahkarge's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Abortion, Addiction, Ableism, Excrement, Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Slavery, Suicide, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Death of parent, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

vbaltazar07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad 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? Yes

1.0

I DNF’d this book. Tried to pick up from 2/3 in and couldn’t remember who anyone was. Hard to let this one go but it’s just no enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

fe_aye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is a great insight to the life of slaves in Pompeii and the friendships of women in those times. The characters are wonderful and real and every single one is complex with their own independent things going on and following each of them throughout this story was amazing to see. I loved the relationships and the characters and the way they interacted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Cursing, Vomit, Murder, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Sexual violence, Death, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Trafficking, Classism, Alcohol, Confinement, and Death of parent

etherisapoet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

This book made so unnecessarily emotional
I loved it, it made me feel the pain, relief and insecurity of the characters 
I somehow could get a feel of what being a prostitute at that time was
It was a tale of womanhood and love both platonic and romantic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Slavery, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

m_a_r_i_a_m's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Slavery, and Suicide

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexism, Pregnancy, Rape, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Abortion, and Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming

katymat18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Grief, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide and Death

Minor: Pregnancy and Murder

ellaym1308's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Insight to the history of slavery and prostitution of young women in Greece.

cynicalraven's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

Avete presente quando si dice che è meglio un libro in lingua perché con la traduzione si perdono cose? 

Qui è il contrario. Questo è un libro che avrebbe dato il meglio di sé scritto in italiano. Perché già i nomi italiani non sono il massimo, in inglese sono proprio atroci.

Detto ciò, penso che questo sia uno dei libri più dark mai letti, tanto che un qualunque thriller impallidirebbe al confronto. 

È un libro che parla di donne e della loro rabbia. Di dolore, amicizia, invidia, morte e vita. 

ma perché dovevano morire le mie preferite. Rip Cressa e Didone :( se nel prossimo libro non crepano Felicio o Paride scrivo alla Harper

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Abortion, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse