Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

4 reviews

caitlinjadams's review

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

It’s a testament only to how busy my work week was that I didn’t finish this book in two days tops. I never wanted to put it down—I kept getting more and more pulled into the story. Both the mystery and the sci-fi were firing and I enjoyed the underpinning of person-to-person connections and small worldedness. The final act felt rushed and that’s the only reason this wasn’t five stars for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Stalking, Murder, Medical trauma, and War

Minor: Cancer

military, insects, sacrifice ritual, death in space

mlewis's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Body horror, Death of parent, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide

local_hat's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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

Absolutely did not go where I expected it to. And there were so many satisfying "oh SHIT" moments. Really excellent. It very much starts slow, and you catch yourself wondering why so much of the stuff that's in there is in there, and then the last third is SO fast, and so much "oh MY GOD!!" as the pieces start falling.  It will be very interesting to see where the next book goes.

Also I very intensely love the cover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Racism, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Murder, and Medical content

huntress's review

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Car accident, Fatphobia, Death, Medical content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, War, and Gun violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Medical content