Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

64 reviews

gilnean's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Stalking, Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content

comrade_mia's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Transphobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Outing, Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Vomit, Medical content

Online catfishing is a major plot point in the novel.

The controversial term beginning with "q" is used frequently to refer to LGBTQIA+ folk, which I believe is still controversial among that community.

kshertz's review against another edition

3.75

emotional inspiring reflective 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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It’s a coming of age book in the new age. I love that Felix finds himself and so so young. But also, everyone in this book is a classic annoying teenager and it’s hard to not go into teacher mode and tell them all that most of what they are complaining about will not matter after they graduate. But once I got beyond that, I was able to enjoy the story more. Felix identifying as a demiboy  and showing how many other identities there are out there I know is life changing for so many. It was wonderful to read this during pride in San Diego as it is set during Pride time in New York. It felt so wonderful to look around and see all the Felix and friends at Pride. I love seeing books like these and having them around for my high school kids when they ask for recommendations. More books like these please 🥰

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

celine_reads_books's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Abandonment

nnennaya_'s review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, Transphobia

Moderate: Abandonment

jules_07's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny informative 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Abandonment

Moderate: Misogyny, Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

3.0

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Classism

elfcurrentlyreading's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol

jenna36's review against another edition

3.5

emotional inspiring slow-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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If I had read this book when I was a teenager I probably would have rated it five stars. As a 24 year old it is a little outside my age range, and it gave me flashbacks to high school. While it isn't necessarily in my age range anymore, I feel like this is an important book for anyone in high school, or anyone who may be questioning their gender identity. 

I am kind of sad that it did not end with a polyamorous relationship, but I understand why Felix's relationship with Declan would have been problematic due to how it began. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Alcohol