Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli

6 reviews

megnut's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

Minor: Classism

rachtmh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow…. 

The most criminal thing about this book is that it is a Duology and I have to wait for book 2. 

I loved everything about this book. The story, the setting, the characters, the dual POV, the history and even the twist and turns. 

The author does such a wonderful job of throwing you Red herrings, keeping suspicions high, questioning everything and hopelessly falling in love with the characters. 

The dual POV was also done extremely well. It never felt like it had just been added for the sake of. Each chapter that wasn’t from the POV of the main characters, Rune Winters, felt like it was necessary and enriching to the story. 

Definitely going to re-read when the second comes out to enjoy the world and story as a whole. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

mysticserenity's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I was completely blown away by this book. Unfortunately I cannot go into how much without giving too much away. Wonderfully executed. If you want something that engages a troupe and makes it better you are in for a ride. Fair warning this society is doing, and has done, brutal things to each other. It’s at times shocking and devastating. Definitely dark and dangerous. That ending crushed me. I cannot wait for the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, War, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Murder, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Hate crime

suzi_is_cake's review

Cannot believe this book is so hyped. I’m stopping this book for my own sanity and am gonna leave it at my local station reading library cause omg the triggers in this book that are not mentioned and the fact this is a YA when it should obviously be an NA. I don’t mind enemies to lovers but this was not that it was basically just everyone needs therapy and instead are awful to each other. I was gonna try and power through to the end but it was just too much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Self harm

crazybooklady89's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

LOVED LOVED LOVED it!!! I’m so ready for the sequel! I also really appreciate that it didn’t end on a massive cliffhanger. It was a natural ending that certainly left a ton of room for book 2. I can’t wait to see where the author takes Rune,  Gideon, and Cress’s stories!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, Physical abuse, Violence, Confinement, Classism, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Toxic friendship, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Torture, Death, Gun violence, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Classism, and Police brutality

Minor: Body horror, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse