Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

56 reviews

vespera's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Outing, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Homophobia, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia

axel_p's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Minor: Dysphoria, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Biphobia, Body shaming, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, and Drug use

ecn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Very sweet but also so heavy and difficult at times

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Transphobia, Classism, Abandonment, Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Medical content, Drug use, and Outing

tea_leaves's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.75

As a trans person, it’s really nice to see trans people in media especially when it’s written by a trans author who knows what it feels like. The only reason I didn’t love it is because Felix is the most obnoxious and selfs centered  person I’ve met. There are multiple times where he takes his friend Ezra for grated/ blatantly disrespects him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Bullying, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Deadnaming

Felix has a lot of shitty friends and gets cyber bullied

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Cursing, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Transphobia, Racism, Abandonment, Bullying, and Child abuse

oddlyghoul's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Homophobia, Deadnaming, Biphobia, Classism, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Cursing, Transphobia, Bullying, Abandonment, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Sexism, and Outing

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

spooderman's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Outing, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Abandonment, Hate crime, Racism, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Cursing, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Biphobia, and Classism

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Stalking, Child abuse, Grief, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Minor: Lesbophobia, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Homophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Classism, Hate crime, Abandonment, Drug use, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Transphobia

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Biphobia, Racism, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

brandirecognition's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-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

3.75

Be warned that the inciting incident is a transphobic hate crime (outing & deadnaming) that continues throughout the story. Hard to read given the rampant transphobia being enacted by US state legislatures, but Felix's personal journey toward loving/accepting all parts himself makes this an affirming trans story. The YA love triangle made this hard to read at times, but the set up and fall out was a realistic seventeen year old problem.

Felix had to feel more secure in himself and his relationships with others before he could be open to understanding that Ezra loved him. The story's trampling on Declan felt undeserved, though, especially because he and Felix's poor communication skills were similar and ended up causing the same problem for each of them.

 
The gratuitous references to Harry Potter were jarring and honestly a huge detractor for me. This book was published in 2020, when Rowling was very much openly a terf. just a bizarre choice
Felix's gender journey was well-written and realistic and definitely made me tear up. 4/5 stars in regards to his continuing journey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Outing, and Racism

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Outing, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment