Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

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13 reviews

emalda's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Child death, Confinement, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Genocide, Gore, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Chronic illness, and Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs, War, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Racism

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Exceptionally creepy and disturbing. This would make a really cool movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Racism, and Violence

minaopal's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Suicide, Racism, Death, War, Bullying, Murder, Child death, Gaslighting, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, and Alcoholism

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

“The Cabin in the Woods” but set it in an decrepit amusement park. That’s it, that’s the plot. 

This was SO promising. A hide and seek competition with a potentially sinister backstory, 14 people in a hunger-games style competition to battle to the end for $50k? Set in a creepy, run down amusement park? Sign me up! Also, that cover! 😍

Unfortunately there are just too many characters and all of them lack depth, I couldn’t tell you anything interesting about ANYONE except for Mack, the most primary character, and even her backstory is muddy and doesn’t feel fully fleshed out. Honestly the best part was the ending, and the very last line in the book- “who fucking cares”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child death, and Emotional abuse

jenc's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

Pretty good collection of wheelhouse tropes that I can tell you about because they're spoilers. Also really good character explorations, some more meaningful and finished than others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Blood, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

kcelena's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Murder

booksofautumn's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A really good thriller novel that contains just enough to be considered horror without being overly gory. It reads really fast and kept me entertained the whole time. A good read for Halloween 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Blood, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Racism, Death of parent, Gore, Vomit, War, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, and Drug use

krystalg's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Cursing

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Animal death

sunsetcity's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Gaslighting, Murder, and Suicide

bookishgoob's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

Holy cow! What a ride this was. A perfect fast paced summer horror book! If you watched & liked “Fear street” on netflix, i highly recommend this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Violence, Chronic illness, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Religious bigotry