Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Forward March by Skye Quinlan

11 reviews

zydecovivo's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Transphobia, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Self harm, Cursing, Deadnaming, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

lollythegiant's review

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, and Bullying

fanboyriot's review

emotional 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

5.0

Sapphic
Asexual Rep
Boarding School
Friends to Lovers
Bandmates to Lovers

(First Person POV)

I absolutely loved this book.  The characters, the romance, Margot's energy and comments, very much here for it.

I went into it knowing nearly nothing about it other than it was a queer contemporary book, so the asexual rep was such a nice surprise.

Following Harper through the stress of always having to be what her parents wanted or never being able to do things because her mom was the dean of the school and her dad running for president.

I can say with confidence that I hated Harper's mom, so much.  I also wasn't a fan of her dad but when Harper needed him he was there in the end, even if he did use her to better his family man image.

Love how conservative parents raise the gayest/queerest children ever.  It was such a nice plot twist with Ben (or McDreamy, whichever works better).

The friendships were written SO well.  There were ups and downs and lots of drama with some, they were complicated.  And as much as I hate several of Harper's friends it was nice to see how she approached some of the issues they caused her.  Lets just say Harper is a lot nicer than I would have been near the end of the book.

This book was so well written and I really enjoyed it.  I also enjoyed the Grey's Anatomy reference when Harper's dad was like: "She's our child, and this is—it's don't be so goddamn thickheaded." (Chapter 27, Page 226) it made me think about that one episode of Grey's Anatomy (S12,E01) which was a favorite of mine.

So basically, 10/10 loved everything and I will most likely read this again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Homophobia, Outing, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Bullying, Classism, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Self harm, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Vomit

elenushka8's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Outing, and Panic attacks/disorders

daryn's review

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, and Medical content

booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

4.0

For fans of Red, white and royal blue this book is for you!

Harper’s pic has been taken from her private insta account and used for tinder. Where someone has been pretending to be her and talking to Margo   Another student who is in marching band with her. Harpers father is extremely conservative and her father is even running for president. She doesn’t identify as queer, but since this fake tinder profile her and Margo have become friends, possibly even more. Harper is trying to figure out what these knew found feelings mean about herself and her sexuality. But all she does know is  that having a queer kid is not something that will bode well for her fathers campaign. So she can’t let this get out. 

I loved this book. As a former band geek I felt super nostalgic listening to the audiobook and remembering being in band in high school and college. Plus I liked the political aspect of the story as well. 

Rep
Bipoc
Enby, 
Ace
Les 
Pan
Poly


Cw
Mental health
Anxiety
Depression
Ptsd
Alcoholism
Self harm
Suicidal thoughts
Vomit 
Allergic reactions (epi pens)
Asthma 
Outing
Homophobia
Toxic friendship

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Outing, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

prolinn's review

challenging emotional fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia

Moderate: Classism and Suicidal thoughts

imstephtacular's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Lesbophobia, Classism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content, War, Alcoholism, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

theromanticace's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Outing

Moderate: Homophobia and Bullying

Minor: Addiction

heytherekaity's review

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

do you like stories about queer nerds? do fun arguments about Doctor Who and Criminal Minds sound like a good way to flirt? do you have a mighty need for more books about marching band or asexual characters?

then do I have the book for you!

my full review will be published on MARCH 7, 2022 at kaitplusbooks.com!

but for now just know that this is one of my most FAVORITE BOOKS EVER AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!

I cried happy tears, sad tears, and more happy tears. I saw characters who reminded me so much of myself, and I also saw characters who were nothing like me.

perfectly queer, delightfully nerdy, and everything I've ever wanted in a book. read this as soon as you can!

thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours, Skye Quinlan, Page Street Kids, and NetGalley for letting me read an early copy of this book! (and a special thanks to Alicia at NetGalley for helping me read it with a bigger font!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Medical content, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol and Transphobia