Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders

50 reviews

alexjarvis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

This book was infuriating. I almost didn't make it through the first third, then it got a bit better, but the ending was just... so unsatisfying. There were a bunch of twists but the way it ultimately played out was predictable - which could have been fine if it had been properly wrapped up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder and Child death

marieeh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

I read a lot of thrillers so it is rare for me to be guessing all the way up to the end but this book really had me second guessing everything!  I was completely surprised all the way through and the very end was just shocking.  I couldn't believe how it ended!  

Extreme gaslighting throughout.  It was actually so stressful to listen to (audiobook) and I was just so frustrated with how Joanne behaved in some parts.  Chloe was SO annoying.  And Richard just seemed like a not great guy either.  Like, if I were Joanne and dealing with everything Chloe was putting me through, only for my husband to not believe me at all?  I feel like I wouldn't have put up with as much.  

I think it's best if you don't go in with much information.  Definitely a wild ride!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.75

WHEW this book INFURIATED me. There's nothing that gets my goat more a woman not being believed. But I liked it very much, and I really wanted to get to the end. Def stayed up too late listening to it. Ooh it takes quite a storyteller to make me want to have a Spongebob-level freakout. Excited to read this author again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Child death, Alcohol, and Confinement

Minor: Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Stalking, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

springo21's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Gaslighting

rachelcotter1's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Child death, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Suicide

tarnaflake's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Child death, Death, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Forced institutionalization

baileyraebooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I suspected but I didn’t want to believe it and I screamed at the reveal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicide

libraryofcacw's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

well fuck. 
this is why i have trust issues 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Murder, and Death of parent

thebookpirahna's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting

katyannreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Suicide, Murder, Child death, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship