Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Remedial Magic by Melissa Marr

3 reviews

ixris's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

1.75

The writing varies from very good to a chore to read. Character choices seem dictated by the plot, but the plot keeps pretending it is driven by characters. There's a lot of problematic stuff in here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Cancer, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Violence

Minor: Rape

hea is dependent on final page memory adjustment leading hea to be noncon

, do not recommend

may4la's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I hate this book so much, I love it. It has absolutely everything a good story needs: libraries, tea, lesbian witches, questionable choices and so many morally grey characters, you end up uncertain who you're even supposed to be rooting for - if any of them. It is exactly what I've come to expect from and love about Melissa Marr's writing: high in tension, full of characters who are a force of personality, and absolutely terrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Minor: War, Dementia, Homophobia, and Racism

the_lesbrarian's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Cancer, Car accident, Drug abuse, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical trauma

Minor: Dementia, Addiction, Child death, and Confinement