Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry

10 reviews

tinytrashqueen's review

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death

ari_0504's review

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

cmriordan's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

avidales's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Much better as a physical book over the audiobook due to perspective changes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

azyef's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide, Gore, Death of parent, Death, and Car accident

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Tigers, Not Daughters is the stunning tale of four young Latina sisters in Texas, told through the eyes of the naïve, voyeuristic boys across the street, and from the girls’ own perspectives as well.  A year after the death of the eldest sister, Ana, her sisters are hollow, their spirits choked by their unreliable and emotionally abusive father.  Ana returns as a ghost, haunting each of her sisters in a different way—each sister unique in her grief, developed so fully that they burst off the page.  Mabry leaves a few threads running unresolved in the very best way at the close of this precious story woven with magical realism.  I’ve never chosen an audiobook solely on the basis of its narrator, but after listening to Luis Moreno’s exquisite narration of this book, I now have reason to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal death and Pregnancy

malloryfitz's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

stephisbranded's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This book made me think of The Virgin Suicides- there is a group of boys who watch 4 sisters and want to do whatever they can to protect them and be near them. Besides the sisters, I felt like some of the characters fell flat. Even the abusive father was...boring? It's weird to say that, but I just didn't get anything from him. Also, the three sisters are reeling over the death of their oldest sister (you find this out in the beginning of the book), but I couldn't find myself caring because we never really learn much about Ana. I really wanted to like this story, but it just wasn't for me. I'm glad it was a little shorter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism

nesstea's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The way the chapters were broken up made the book unnecessarily confusing but was able to look past that for a strong story about sisters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship