Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

9 reviews

broke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective relaxing tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Addiction, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Classism, and Blood

joyfulfoodie's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-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

5.0

I really enjoyed these characters and the historical depiction of both race issues and lgbtqia issues. It was less jarring to hear some of the arguments against being gay out of historical mouths than when you see them in modern social media posts. You can forgive their ignorance here, at a time when sexuality wasn’t really a thing and it was perceived as a sinful Choice instead of a piece of who you are. 

The characters are lovable and evolve nicely through the book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Biphobia, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

magibeth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, and Child abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Misogyny

elerireads's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.75

This was so good - just a really enjoyable book! Dramatic and ridiculous adventure, delicious romance with tension drawn out over the whole book via some faintly ludicrous and catastrophic misunderstandings, a good amount of angst but enjoyable angst rather than traumatic because it's the kind of writing where you feel secure that everything is going to turn out alright in the end, and some great characters and character development - the main character is a bit of an idiotic arsehole but you know he's had a rough go of it and very quickly you realise he's got a heart of gold so start really rooting for him. Highly recommend this as a fun pick-me-up kind of read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Physical abuse, Biphobia, and Acephobia/Arophobia

a_bloom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

The writing is absolutely PHENOMENAL and so freaky funny. It's also heart reaching, but you can always kinda see it coming. It's technically a long book but something you could get through in a couple of days. 


<Spoiler>It also talks about a lot of interesting topics that were seen as taboo (although some of them aren't brought to a whole lot of detail considering the whole book is told from the perspective of a traumatized white teen boy who's an Earls son... But he slowly starts to learn, grow, and mature as he keeps ALMOST DYING.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Biphobia, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Outing, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

thefightinside's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

This is a beautiful book! It’s a lovely blend of English historical fiction and fantasy. With the LGBT+ inclusivity, I know that many young people will relate to these characters and develop empathy for those in different situations than their own, as the characters in the book do. This is the first book in a trilogy (and a novella), which makes it perfect for helping motivate my students to read more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Outing, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual content, Cursing, and Blood

zoe_archambault's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

Wasn't super into it in the first half, but the second half really had me. My only main concern is the random and sudden vivid descriptions of suicide ideation and self-harm which were off-putting and honestly unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Medical content, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Body horror

b3ck's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

myarae's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Racism