Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

432 reviews

oceanelle's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Gorgeously written but kind of hard to get through for personal reasons. Still so skillfully and cleverly done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Incest and Misogyny

Minor: Infidelity

kkozum's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, and Domestic abuse

xaphiro's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved the writing style and I couldn’t stop thinking about the book while I went about my day. However, the

incest

vibes kinda weirded me out and the climax left me wanting a bit more. I was more into the plot than the characters. I appreciated the length and would definitely try more of her books in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Misogyny, Violence, Murder, Incest, and Domestic abuse

Tha character are in a toxic relationship. Because of their nature (being vampires) they have an interesting relationship dynamic. the one who sired them is considered a father figure and they siblings to each other. They are also involved romantically. The old vampire is abusive and controlling with the rest and although it is mostly emotional, he did struck one of the characters once.

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.25

I loved S.T. Gibson's writing style, it's so lush without being overly flowery. Constanta is an interesting character to follow, and I enjoyed her relationships with the other characters. My main complaint here is I wish the narrative would have been tighter. The novel spans 600 years but we only get a few pages about entire centuries in the middle. I would have liked to see either a shorter timespan or a longer narrative, especially to build on Magdelena's character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood and Mental illness

steppecreature's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: War and Violence

jadegrea's review

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Confinement

Minor: War

minamouse's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Sexual content, and Death

Minor: War

lemilysnikda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Minor: Mental illness

arcticmankey's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

molly_reads_bookss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Infidelity, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, and Toxic relationship