Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

8 reviews

cricket_witch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Orson Scott Card may publicly be a bigot, but I think he needs to do some serious self reevaluation. Ender’s Game focuses on all that is horrid in humanity and all that can be beautiful. It is a stark look at how humans interact with one another and the ways in which we must grow to become better. It is a book about the knowledge children hold and the ways adults should listen but don’t. It reminded me of “This Is How You Lose the Time War” and “A Psalm for the Wild-Built.” It is a meditation, told through the eyes of a child who does not believe in hatred.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gaslighting, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death, Bullying, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Self harm

arydberg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Child death, War, and Racial slurs

bones_jackson's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Um dos melhores livros de ficção científica já escritos, com o mundo e seus problemas bem estabelecidos e os conflitos bem desenvolvidos 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Child abuse, Torture, Blood, War, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Bullying, Child death, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

robin_reads's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

This was not for me for so many reasons. Mainly because of the amount of violence, how the book jumps right in and the reader has to catch up and the fact that children are taken away and trained to be soldiers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Genocide, and Death

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gaslighting, and War

fi_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

saskiahill's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Brilliant audiobook, really well performed. The book is clever, engaging and surprising - I'm listening for the first time as I near 30 and it's still relatable and brilliant, by no means just a kids book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Abandonment, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Violence, War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Antisemitism

oscar_thegrouch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, War, and Violence