Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable

5 reviews

clemrain's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

2.75

Expressive art, underdeveloped and overwhelming story.

The first third of the book was painful to get through. The second third picked up. And the last third sped through everything.

It took me a month to finish this, and that included me pushing through the first hundred pages over three days, not reading it for a month and completing the rest of the book slowly over two hours.

There was just a lot going on in this story and it would’ve been much better if the story arc spanned volumes instead of just pages of one volume.

I did not enjoy the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Death of parent, Biphobia, Bullying, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit, Grief, and Sexual content

pinkupengu's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Deadnaming, Outing, Violence, Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Physical abuse

Disrespectful representation on trans individual

fallandfox's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Outing, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Transphobia

iheartmuseums's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Deadnaming, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

candycain's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Biphobia, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Hate crime

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Vomit