Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

5 reviews

bookwormcat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Violence

t_bun's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

jessthanthree's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Murder, Ableism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Confinement, and Death of parent

Minor: Classism, Animal cruelty, and Racial slurs

blewballoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

There is a lot of unpleasantness in this story. Most of the characters are terrible people, the atmosphere is bleak, and there's a sense of isolation for the main character as she deals with a lot of difficulties alone. I did like her, she's smart and she fights back as hard as she can when faced with any kind of attack, mental or physical. If it weren't for her strength of spirit, the book would have been rough to get through. I didn't care for the romance, though. Overall, not as appealing as Rebecca but it does build a strong sense of atmosphere and the prose is well done.

Bit of unfortunate implication for the albino person to be evil, even with the main character trying to remind herself not to be creeped out by his appearance before he's revealed as the villain

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty

mary_juleyre's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Stalking