Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton

6 reviews

keelirae113's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Medical content, Infidelity, and Abandonment

chelseylb1988's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent

jilliebeen2003's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This is a super fast read.  I finished it in one sleepless night.  I loved the mystery, the 1934 setting, and the story based upon the SS Morro Castle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Dysphoria and Alcohol

emmas_bookshelf's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I have enjoyed and learned something from all of Chanel Cleeton’s historical fiction books and this was no exception! One thing I did think was a bit different about this one is that while political tensions in Cuba are certainly mentioned, they’re much more in the background than being a focus of the story. The actual focus here is the POVs of two women on a round trip cruise from NYC to Havana in the midst of the Great Depression, and unraveling the mystery of why they’re on the ship and what their missions are. It was very twisty and intriguing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Death, Murder, and Violence

readingwithcats's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Sadly, I didn’t love this one as much as I usually do Cleeton’s novels. I felt like the strong sense of time and place that she excels at were missing here. Plus, the male characters, especially Julio, were so poorly developed that the romance aspects fell completely flat for me. Here’s hoping we spend more time in Cuba in her next novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting and Fire/Fire injury