Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Conditions of Will by Jessa Hastings

15 reviews

mackenzie073's review against another edition

5.0

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Beautiful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

zoedonn's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I would give it 6 stars if I could

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

noveltay's review against another edition

5.0

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: Yes

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I will eat up anything written by Jessa Hastings. I love her writing style. I love how angry I get at rich snobby people. I love her books!!!! 

i love hearing about Julien in a book not about Julien even if it was a literal sentence only

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol

wetflowers's review against another edition

1.75

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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truly one of the weirdest books i’ve ever read..? who gaf if your gay brother likes your straight boyfriend? 😭 also the plot is very predictable, the romance is super cringe and it was longer than it needed to be.

I would not be friends with a single person in this story, all are incredibly annoying. 

the only decent part of the story is how easily everyone believed georgia when she shares she was raped. it was written really satisfactorily.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

sophiebb's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Car accident

bri0_0's review against another edition

1.0

dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Just did not have fun. Took some (and I mean a little) enjoyment from how messy it was. Like I was watching badly scripted reality TV. 

The characters are just so unlikeable. Each and every one of them. I cannot get behind the romance being the fact that Sam was there as Olivers sponsor but soon cast that to the wayside over a girl he's known for 2 weeks.

 I found the depiction of addiction to be so problematic

Sorry not for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Alcohol

themelleh's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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I have so many feelings about this book. This book that I picked up on a whim, but have fallen head over heels for.

There are were so many things Georgia said that echoed my relationship with my sister. But it was an absolute pleasure to watch her learn about herself, her father and mend her relationship with her brother.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

roget's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Trafficking

mnminsd's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

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Oh my heart!. I absolutely love Jessa Hastings’ writing style. There is so much depth to her characters and even though I am so far removed from their experiences, I am sobbing for them because Jessa Hastings makes me care so damn much in a short 466 pages! She masterfully captures messy toxic relationships. I love love love this book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting

oliviakateamerica's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I need time to process this one 

May 26 - so yeah the ending hit me harder than I thought it would

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting