Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The End of Alice by A.M. Homes

4 reviews

madelinequinnee's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

Not entirely sure how to sum up this book. It was an interesting read, and i think the writing was very well done, but the ending left a lot of loose ends that i think could have been explored more. 

The final chapter was especially disturbing to me, and there were many scenes that made me feel very icky, so this certainly isn’t a book for the faint hearted and definitely check trigger warnings before picking this up because it gets very heavy very quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Self harm, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

ahbee_p_'s review

I couldn't stomach the content, it made my skin crawl. This is a deeply disturbing story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

stelladafloresta's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

eileenmccoy's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I don’t think I would recommend this to anyone. It talks about certain subjects that are just very hard to read and it contains content that is highly detailed that you’ll never get out of your head. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship