Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Sicko by Amo Jones

8 reviews

tarantulagirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Trafficking, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

ashcoxx's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I wanted to love this book. I was really looking forward to reading it but it fell flat. It had so much potential but there were so many plot holes that it just left me confused on how certain things came to be. There was no clear indicator (at least in the audio book) on what was the past and present because it just flashed back and forth without warning within minutes, leaving me consistently saying “huh?!” and rewinding to try to figure out what was happening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

shaykay's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

This book was so good! I always feel weird trying to describe these books when they are dark, taboo romances because they are subjects that, if they were happening in real life, I wouldn't like or support, but in a book and seeing it laid out like this story, I couldn't get enough. In this one, we have a relationship between foster siblings. We have the motorcycle club angle. Then we have murder and a mystery. It was just so intense, and I really wish there were other books that followed other characters in this world because there was just so much. I need to read more books by Jones.

2024 Reread
 

So, this was a reread for me, and I wanted to reread it because I recently got a physical copy. I'm going to a book signing in March where Amo Jones will be, and I hope to get it signed. It's been over a year since I initially read this one. Anyway, this one is still so dark and definitely not for everyone, and the way it ends, I really wish there were more books about either the motorcycle club or even the organization that Jade ends up working with. There is a second book loosely related to this one, but it's more about a connected world in Wicked. Anyways Sicko is a very dark book and follows weighty themes. You really need to check content warnings before picking it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Addiction, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

0_xter_0's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Rape, Genocide, Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Hate crime, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Pregnancy

bookswhitme's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

rebeccanedeau's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Incest, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, and Death of parent

dreamsoakedstories's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is a fucked up level of dark, but it’s so entertaining. 
I’m giving it four just because Amo has the balls to be as dark and twisted as you can think in terms of romance.

Kind of far fetched but that’s what makes it addictive and hard to put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Rape

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Drug use

sapphicread's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Torture, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood and Gun violence