Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

25 reviews

stargem's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical content, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Sexism

Minor: Confinement, Infertility, and Miscarriage

lou_o_donnell's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

 Rep: Aromantic lesbian female MC with OCD/mysophobia, sapphic love interest.

CWs: Adult/minor relationship, blood, child neglect/abuse, death, emotional abuse, mental illness (OCD, mysophobia), murder, toxic relationship, violence, sexual content (not graphic).
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The author read the audiobook and omg she did a fantastic job!

So reading EHaD, I really loved the world that was made. I liked Nancy well enough, but Jack was my favorite character. Getting to see Jack become herself was magical in it's own way. So I didn't realize Jack was blonde and so I completely pictured her as like a shorter version of Ruby Rose, and I'm going to forever picture her like that. 

I'm not sure if I wished I had read this before EHaD, but either way, I really enjoyed it. I loved seeing Jack being Dr. Bleak's apprentice and how she enjoyed her scientific work. The other amazing thing was the lesbian relationship Jack had. I absolutely loved it and I wish I had gotten to see more of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

f18's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Murder, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, and Violence

angelareads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Less complex than the first book, but for me a slightly more enjoyable read. It all evens out to a 3.5 for both books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Fatphobia