Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Infamous by Lex Croucher

14 reviews

callidoralblack's review against another edition

adventurous funny

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Grief, Murder, Death, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

vaguely_pink's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Classism and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Bullying, Sexual content, Colonisation, and Transphobia

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

readingqueerly's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

3.5

This fell right in my very niche love for queer, historical romances. Yet despite this, it took me a while to warm up to this one. While I do like historical romances, I'm much more used to them being written in a more contemporary language. This one very much had that classic vibe going on which I needed to get used to before I could enjoy. 
Once I did though it was smooth sailing and I enjoyed reading this book a lot. It didn't surprise me really, but it did make me feel the right things at the right moment about shitty men and yearning for a love that is taboo and wanting to make art and get credit for it.
I do wish the romance bit was a somewhat more emphasised and we had more happy couple moments, but I also understand why it would be redundant. 
All in all pretty fun if you're looking for sapphic Jane Austen vibes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Sexual assault

evakonic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Slavery, Colonisation, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Murder

kelseaduguid's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Infidelity

Minor: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Death, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

emilo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful relaxing 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Classism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Racism

peh27's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

humblebookdragon's review against another edition

lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Because both Eddie and Nash were so UNLIKABLE, especially for the entire duration of the novel, it was really a feat to finish this book. The only thing that kept me going was that Lex Croucher wrote Rose as the voice of reason, and perhaps the voice of the audience, so the self-awareness of how Eddie and Nash were was appreciated, but it was still a rough one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Classism and Colonisation

patricktreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I was very excited bout this work because I had recently read a lot of period romance pieces. However, something about the vibes in this book just felt off. I did think the writing was well done, but I genuinely hated many of the characters, one of which being a main character. 

I feel like if a few of the romance elements had been changed, it plus have been a lot better for my vibes. 

Even with that I think the narrator did an absolutely amazing job in the performance of the work. All of the voices were uniquely done, an the dramatization was superb. 

In the end I gave this a 3 stars, and I would like to thank NetGalley n the publisher for this audio arc

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Biphobia, Bullying, Classism, and Toxic friendship