Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Ivies by Alexa Donne

34 reviews

army_potterhead_multistankpop's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, Grief, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Classism, Toxic friendship, Rape, and Racism

ross_emm's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Gaslighting

laurenevlyn's review

dark mysterious tense 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

So many twists and turns wow! If you’re looking for a book where every single character is morally grey (leaning towards morally black in some cases), this is the book for you. Every character was fleshed out, with their own motivations and secrets. Very quick fun read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Murder, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Rape, Racism, Outing, and Pedophilia

agxxo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Grief, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

beckyremillard's review

dark 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Racism, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence

avaree's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Wasn’t horrible, wouldn’t read again. It was very slow in the beginning and had to read like 60 pages for something interesting to happen. The book didn’t keep me hooked and wasn’t as good as I was hoping for. I had to force myself to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

Minor: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Murder, Racism, and Death

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Cursing, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Adult/minor relationship

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

The book was a great mix of commentary on class, race, and college admissions mixed with a mystery/thriller. Parts of the mystery's conclusion were pretty obvious to me. But the final part wasn't as obvious. 

I have to agree with the statement in the article from near the end but I think the obsession with Ivy League admissions is partly the students and partly the parents. It's gotten WAY out of control. I mean an Ivy League diploma depending on what you plan to do means almost nothing, and if you're not rich and don't get enough finical aid you're saddled with more debt when you could have gotten the same quality of education at certain state schools without all the debt. We need to stop this nonsense.

Overall a good book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Toxic friendship, Classism, Grief, Sexism, Infidelity, Cursing, Racism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship

phantastic's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

4.25

This is the type of book that you’ll be thinking about long after you finish reading it. This story brings to attention many real-world issues embedded in the college admissions system and just how ruthless people can be when they chase after something they want.

No one is absolutely good, no one is absolutely evil, and people are always hiding parts of themselves from others. The characters are deeply flawed, and yet that’s what makes them realistic.

The Ivies does its job well, and I’ll certainly be left reflecting for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Cursing, Classism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest, Gun violence, Rape, Eating disorder, Outing, and Homophobia