Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Mrs. March by Virginia Feito

9 reviews

helenito's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Great book to show how people lose themselves in a relationship and what a thin line there is between sanity and insanity

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Murder

lotoblanco's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Blood, and Body shaming

Moderate: Dementia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cursing

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Cursing, Abandonment, Ableism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Rape, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infertility, and Misogyny

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Vomit, Animal death, Body shaming, Classism, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Stalking, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

nialiversuch'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

libraryfiend21's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, and Sexual assault

librarianlayla's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.25

Although a well written, unnerving book - it's not really for me. I found that there was too much constant body shaming and found the book overall to be just terribly sad and uncomfortable. I wanted there to be more hope within the novel but the whole tone is morose. 

However for those who love psychological thrillers that offer up an 'unhinged' female character and nauseating white middle class society interspersed with a mysterious air- this might be for you. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit and Drug use

lexslittlelibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Looking solely at the dust jacket blurb for Mrs. March, I thought it was more of a modern murder mystery story. (I bought it on sale at B&N and told my mom she could read it after me because it seemed up her alley too—I retracted that offer!) 

While I personally have found I’m not crazy about psychological thrillers like this, I can appreciate that it is well written.

However, the third person narration left me wanting more…

  I would have liked to have heard more from other characters’ perspectives, specifically the experiences they were having alongside Mrs. March, especially people like Martha or the upstairs neighbor.

Overall, it was a solid read. Not one I’ll revisit, but not one that will slip out of my memory anytime soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Vomit, Violence, and Racism

kbea88's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

2.75

A very slow process to find out what we all suspected in the beginning:

Mrs. March is unhinged, and George ain’t shit.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Gaslighting