Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

5 reviews

kitfkat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Alcohol, Car accident, Classism, Colonisation, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content, Addiction, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and War

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book has a wonderful writing style and an interesting story with a twist at the end.  I also liked the two main characters Jennifer and Ellie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and War

Minor: Death of parent

samanta123_'s review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

danajoy's review against another edition

tense

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

3.0

I watched the Netflix adaptation earlier this year and wanted to see how it differs from the book. 

A word of warning though for those who avidly avoid and enquire "is there cheating in this?". Yes. Like so much. 

It is the 60s affair of Jennifer and Anthony sandwiched between Ellie's modern-day affair. 

It is often difficult to truly like the characters because they're all so flawed. It is however very readable. 

I did prefer the film. There isn't much of the modern storyline in the bulk of this novel so it could be easy to forget most of what is going on with Ellie. I will say though I think the latter portion of the book I probably prefer comparing the two. 

All the chapters have a 'last letter' preluding them which is interesting but sometimes is a bit unnecessary feeling since only some are real and others are from the novel itself. I wish they had all been from the real world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

katiea714's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and War