Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

As Far as You'll Take Me by Phil Stamper

28 reviews

ddrosche's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Outing, and Emotional abuse

sighclopss's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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: Panic attacks/disorders and Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Bullying, and Body shaming

Minor: Sexual content

ravi_dejong's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.75

This story is quite heavy, and deals with issues surrounding toxic friendships and relationships, eating disorders and outing. I feel that there were a lot of complex themes the author tried to check off, without really focusing upon any one of them in great detail. I enjoyed it anyway and preferred that it is focus on the mental health aspect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder and Homophobia

ahen's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia and Eating disorder

Minor: Death of parent

virgilvenus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Outing, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Religious bigotry

beniamino's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.25

The way younger me would have EATEN THIS UP. It's a really great book for gay youth, I think, which is why I have to give it a low rating; I've just grown up a bunch. Maybe I've "toughened up" or something, but I found myself cringing at everything going on. Kind of weird how creepily similar I am with MC. His anxiety seems really overdone, but maybe that's just 'cause anxiety's a spectrum – also, probably I was just cringing at his conversations with others about anxiety because I never had those...

his eating disorder plotline was done really really well, though; I also like the ending which focusses on him rather than the relationship. I have to give it a lower rating because his relationship with Pierce made me physically cringe, especially how fast it went... honestly, it's probably just been too long since I've read YA; but this is a perfect beach read, lighthearted when it's too dark, a great read for young gays. :)

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual harassment

rainbowpridepin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Outing, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Body shaming

hannahs_library_'s review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

blupies's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

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

2.0

It’s was fine, easy to read but nothing really happens in this book? I think the blurb kinda gives it all away, not that there’s much to ‘give away’. Overall, fine but not memorable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Outing

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

minutebyminute's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad 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

the main issue i have with this book is the lack of trigger warnings & helplines for the issues presented in the book. i also have an issue with how pierce’s own issues are what causes matty’s, but this is never resolved and confronted? yeah. idk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Toxic friendship