Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

6 reviews

alexisgarcia's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.0

this was not at all what i was expecting. this is such an unique take on the romance genre. supernatural/mystical stuff in books isn’t usually my favorite, especially in romance, but this was still thoroughly enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Racism, Sexual content, Death, Blood, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Mental illness

kdailyreads's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Alcohol, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Cursing, Drug abuse, Infertility, Police brutality, and War

marena02's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Classism, Cursing, Self harm, Blood, Abandonment, Racism, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, and Violence

znvisser's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Eesh, Tia Williams can write romance! And with so many more elements that I loved: dramatic and classist family members that could’ve come out of an Austen novel, magical realism, pop culture references that aren’t cringey, and admirable women all over the place. I loved Ricki with all her passion and colourfulness (“Because she (a) found fashion calming and (b) was dramatic, Ricki had dressed carefully for this occasion”.); and Ezra being funny and attractive (“Ricki barely heard him, as she was mid-epiphany. Was Warm Weather Ezra the sexiest Ezra?”) and their entire art-drenched love story, in which their love itself is so wonderfully uncomplicated, despite the circumstances they’re facing together. Loved this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Infertility, Suicide, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Racism, Cancer, Classism, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood and Toxic relationship

nightlight_reader's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This did so much of what I was expecting but never in quite the way I expected it, and I enjoyed the hell out of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage and Blood

agrandromance's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

I’m still wiping the tears away after that beautiful ending. Wow. Other people will write beautiful tributes to this book. I’m just so happy with this read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Terminal illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Racism

One of my favourites of the year.