Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

You're Invited by Amanda Jayatissa

39 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.0

If "Now you ain't hear this from me..." was a book. If a telenovela was set in Sri Lanka. I'm sure they have a word for it. As always, rich people are evil. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Stalking, Self harm, Abandonment, Mental illness, Classism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Outing, Misogyny, Addiction, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Death, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content and Pedophilia

laileanah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was weird, full of unlikable rich characters and a wild ass ride!
This features DV, suggestions of IPV, self harm and other dark subject matters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Minor: Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Stalking

muddymind's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Read if: you want a whodunit with multiple povs, interested in Sri Lankan culture/representation, like unreliable/unlikable main characters, want a lighter mystery that doesn’t go too deep into some heavier themes, want to explore the complexities of female friendship.  

Don’t Read If: you want a fast paced story(this is more of a slow burn), you easily get confused with a large cast of characters, if you’re sensitive to self harm, if you find most mysteries predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Self harm

beccasteinbach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Violence and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault

readers_sea's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I was living for the dramatics in this one!

Amaya finds herself getting invited to her ex-best friend (Kaavi) wedding and her ex-boyfriend in her hometown which she hasn't been back to in years. Once Amaya sees this, she is determined to make sure that this wedding never happens. 

I had no clue what to expect going into this one, but it was actually a lot of fun. I loved the gossip that is bound to happen and the higher-class drama. Amaya was actually a very interesting character to follow and the different interviews added another layer to the story.

In the end, I did have the reveals mostly figured out around the 70% mark, so that did affect my overall rating. But it was still a very entertaining read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

astridhawk's review

dark mysterious 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

2.0

Really disappointing. Empty-headed completely unklikeaboe characters, and instead of a mystery it was more of a bait-and-switch by the author. Also, TONS of tw… just don’t expect an enjoyable mystery from this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual content, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, Alcohol, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia

tiffanysdelivery's review against another edition

3.0

This was an okay read for me! A little slower paced in the first half, most characters were unlikeable (but I think that was the point for a whodunnit), and definitely twisty at the end. The main twist at the end was darker than I thought it was going to get and caught me off guard. On page descriptions of some harmful things, so I would check content warnings! The descriptions of Sri Lankan culture and the family drama at a wedding made for an interesting backdrop to the mystery. Audiobook was a plus for me since I would not have known pronunciation for names and some translated phrases. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Self harm

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Pedophilia

georgiagirl1315's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

Minor: Violence and Suicide

queendbw's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Book #4 of 2023 - You’re Invited by Amanda Jayatissa. 

This is a juicy who-did-what-and-why tale - and the ending was quite unexpected. 

Amaya receives an email inviting her to the wedding of her ex-best friend (Kaavi) to her ex-boyfriend(Spencer).  She decides to go home to Sri Lanka to participate in the wedding festivities, but NOTHING goes according to plan - hers, Kaavi’s or Spencer’s.  

The author does a great job of giving just enough of the story to keep you guessing and the juicy background gossip is delicious!  I could totally see this adapted to film!  Great story, characters and ending!  4/5 stars

#readsof2023 #audiobookreader #literacy #readingisfundamental

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Misogyny

kylieqrada's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Ok, I wasn't sure how I was gonna feel about this one at first. It gave me a little bit of White Ivy energy in the beginning, when Amaya was making what seemed like bad decisions with no clear reason and we were only getting part of her thought processes. However, the story and the characters were so intriguing that I kept listening, and it definitely improved. The big reveal hit me right in the feels. I thought that it was handled really well, too, from an own voices perspective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

Minor: Pregnancy