Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Exiles by Jane Harper

19 reviews

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Suicide

clare_dv's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Car accident, and Suicide

moran's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

firefly's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief and Car accident

Minor: Vomit

tlaynejones's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder and Grief

cassienolan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Another Aaron Falk mystery that I loved. I enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed The Dry, and more than the Survivors. It kept me guessing until the very end and I was horrified when the truth was revealed. I loved the characters, as I always do in the Falk mysteries. Another brilliant story for Jane Harper.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

darumachan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide

Postpartum depression

mysterymom40's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Sexual content

meliemelo's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

While this is much more of a slow-burn and less captivating than Harper's other books (or what I remember of them), I eventually accepted the pace and ended up enjoying it, and it doesn't stop the last act from being absolutely chilling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Death, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Stalking

rcsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I was more invested in whether or not Falk was going to do kissing than in the actual crime!
There's a missing woman and an unsolved hit and run and Falk is helped out in solving both by some meddling kids! It's a bit Scooby Doo, I really wanted Luna the dog to find an important clue.
The mystery of the missing woman is well done and I didn't even consider the conclusion in my guessing. The answer to the hit and run is kind of rushed and tacked on the end.
As a whole the book is far more focused on Falk and his life choices than on the actual solving of the crime. I preferred this as I'm more a kissing book person than a crime person. If you're here for some crime noir then you'll probably be a bit disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Car accident, Sexual violence, Child death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, and Suicide