Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda

7 reviews

hmetwade's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Incest, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Suicide

ruyanda's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Incest

Minor: Death and Child death

aileron's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Terminal illness and Abandonment

alicelalicon's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Violence

bethsiekierawalker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

beth_waller97's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I’m not really sure what to rate this, or how to feel about it, but I know it was good. It feels unfinished, which I guess is how it’s meant to feel. Genuinely a really good read, just not what I expected it to be - and that’s okay. I feel like I took more from it BECAUSE it’s not what you expect it to be. It’s much deeper than that, and also much stranger. I’m going to sit on this for a while and mull it over, and I think I’ll probably do a re-read just to try and get my thoughts in order. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Death

leahrosereads's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight is like nothing I've ever read before.  It's definitely a psychological something, though I don't think thriller is the right genre.  I don't know. It's very character centric, almost dreamlike with the POVs.

Like other reviews have said, if you like endings that actually end, I don't think this is the story for you.  That was probably my favorite part though.  Thoroughly enjoyed the last 45-50ish pages the most.  That dreamlike quality was at its strongest then.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Incest, and Child death