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Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'
The Scarlet Letter by Cindy Weinstein, Nathaniel Hawthorne
5 reviews
wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism
gandalf_a's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Pregnancy, and Colonisation
Minor: Racism and Classism
goobgoblin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic friendship
jwells's review against another edition
I definitely got more out of it this time around than I did in high school. Interesting to see the distance between Hawthorne and the characters he's writing about.
It's hard to take the story seriously in terms of characters. It's constantly popping the reader up to the level of allegory or message, in a somewhat heavy-handed way. Chillingworth in particular is such a caricature of a villain.
Podcasters resisted discussing symbolism or character layers, and therefore didn't have much to say about the book. Lol
Graphic: Toxic friendship
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Racism
Briefly mentioned period typical racist attitudes toward Native Americans.alix_the_book_witch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship