Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James

3 reviews

natfoster's review

Truly truly the worst 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Torture, Bullying, Grief, Self harm, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Misogyny

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

Guess I was right about the emails lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Medical content, Torture, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Stalking

mahra's review

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

I will be very blunt. 

I read this when I was 15 (too young, I know), and even at the time I could not believe that a grown adult wrote this. It reads like a bad fanfic written by a teen. 

I am not even going to get into this abusive relationship depicted as romantic, and somehow desirable. Shameful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Violence, and Sexual harassment