Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki

28 reviews

hanarama's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.25

Cw: toxic relationships, toxic friendship, abortion, pregnancy

The Good:
• Beautiful artwork
• Exploration of toxic relationships

The Bad:
• Story feels disconnected at times

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• Stories about self growth and adolescence 

I picked this up mainly because of the artwork, which is stunning. There's great representation in terms of body types, race and orientation. 

I also feel like this is a good story for teenagers just starting to date. It highlights how toxic relationships can drain a person and can make them toxic to others in turn. For adults, I don't feel like the story is as impactful, but this may vary on the person. 

The story felt disconnected at times, and a bit scattered. I would have liked to see things tighted up a bit for a better flow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

bexh's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia

andreiaoh's review

medium-paced

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

2.5

ngl I felt as though I was completely lost whilst reading this up until around the last 10% of the book. The plot felt a bit messy and all over the place; maybe I'm overthinking it but imo that was likely purposeful to mimick the mental state of our protagonist Freddy, but I didn't particularly enjoy it. However, I really liked how this story wrapped up and the important topics that were discussed (briefly) in this, topics that are extremely pertinent to young people but often not touched upon often enough in  mainstream literature. Also, the art for this was absolutely stunning, definitely a highlight of this book and probably why I opted for a 2.5 rating over a 2 lol

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion and Toxic relationship

Minor: Toxic friendship and Homophobia

nefari_'s review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

pitythechild's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

i just read this entire thing in one sitting and i love love loved it!!!!!! let me start off saying that i’m not a lesbian— i’m a bi trans man. but oh god the way they handled toxic relationships and the way it affects your relationships with your FRIENDS hit me so hard it felt like a punch in the chest. definitely a queer staple now!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

falchionm's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Vomit, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

samvanz12's review

emotional fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Vomit and Cursing

elenamarmiroli's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

2.25

Questo libro non ha fatto per me, soprattutto per via di una protagonista che ho trovato troppo lamentevole e spesso estremamente passiva per buona parte della storia.

Inoltre, la trama di per sé e come essa è raccontata è poco significativa.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship