Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

92 reviews

lindsayreadsandcoffeebeans's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

Love love loved this one! After reading about the controversy between this and McFadden's The Housemaid I had to read it and I must say, if the rumors are true, which to be clear I don't think so, The Last Mrs. Parrish is 100x better. The characters in this are so well written I found myself filled with anger, fear, sympathy, horror, and everything in between as I read. Constantine did a marvelous job really brining the readers into the story and building a world that felt like you were in the story watching it unfold, each twist more mind-blowing than the previous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual assault, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual content

katyinscrubs's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I think this was actually an interesting read and a deviation from what I would normally enjoy. It was very very dark though. It was a clever plot which kept me interested, but I’d have a hard time recommending this book to many people given the nature of some of the content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

lavloveslit's review

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Body shaming

heather_harrison's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

I stayed up later than I should have because I HAD to finish this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Rape, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Infertility, Death of parent, and Bullying

sanchan's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Gun violence

holyheadharpie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Infertility, Classism, Stalking, Gun violence, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, and Eating disorder

Minor: Abortion

kaelizaco's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

mccormicke2's review

dark tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abortion, Classism, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Grief

katierosecrane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book never truly hooked me but I can understand how people would love this book. The concept is very interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Fatphobia, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Alcohol, Abortion, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Cursing, Sexual violence, Body shaming, and Eating disorder