Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin

4 reviews

spaghettii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

I have no doubt that some of the story went over my head, what stood out most to me (besides the ending,  ofc) was that Leila would rather believe in an apocalypse than that she killed her family

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Blood, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Gore, Grief, and Mental illness

cheye13's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I was already so intrigued by the premise of this, but it surpassed my expectations. I don't think I was ready for how meta the story would get with discussions of "the narrative." Quickly rocketed to one of my favorite books. It's one of those that I think I'll get more out of with each reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Xenophobia, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

body horror and gore typical of zombie media; moderate description of implied postpartum depression; repeated reference to instance of mass murder, not in detail; the pandemic/epidemic takes the form of mass hallucination which may be reminiscent of forms of schizophrenia and/or psychosis, but are not literally intended to be depictions of such

spooderman's review

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

thenonmouse's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Murder and Toxic friendship

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Suicidal thoughts