Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley

6 reviews

stacy837's review

hopeful reflective 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

Narration was slow, listened to at 1.25 speed was way better 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

Moderate: Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

hmatt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Another great contemporary addition to the <I>P&P</I> universe. I'm finding that I quite enjoy these stories where we deep-dive into a minor character. 

For whatever reason, though, I wasn't quite as compelled by this novel as I was by <I>The Other Bennet Sister</I>, which is the last one of these takes I read. This one is a bit lighter on plot, maybe, and it feels a bit too long. Part 4, in my opinion, was completely unnecessary and can be omitted from your reading.

Moreover, what the f is the author trying to say about substance dependency and abuse in Part 4?? Because it kind of seems like they're glamourizing it by having Ann return to using laudanum, which is not cool.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Classism, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Drug use, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Outing and Rape

Minor "rape" tag refers to one instance in Part 3 where a character describes engaging in sex with their partner in a period-typical way that would be considered non-consensual now.

a2_rache11's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

cuppacora's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.25

I have to say, I wasn't expecting this to be quite so gay. And it worked so well.

This got me so excited about the Pride & Prejudice universe, in a way that I haven't been for a long time. I loved Anne's story, how her health and how she was treated were explored, how her feelings were brought to the surface. I thought it was very clever, and it came across as very real. When I was reading it, it was like of course that's why! It just made sense.

Excellent exploration of quite difficult themes. And I really liked that this wasn't a hopeful book. It was dark, and it stayed dark even as Anne glimpsed happiness. It felt almost heavy on my soul to read, almost crushing. It's an emotional experience, reading this book, and I wouldn't change a moment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

scarletellajones's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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: Drug abuse and Toxic relationship

nonbinarylibrarianwitch's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship