Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

72 reviews

tomoonarmy's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Violence, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Animal death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child abuse, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

jazminnnnnnn's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Outing, Animal death, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts

heavenssnat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I can understand why people love this book so much. 

I don't think I like it as much as some other books I've read, but it's an incredible story and I really loved all the characters. I expected to get some of this story from Aled's POV, just from all the internet buzz around this, but I truly loved Frances as a main character, even though she was often incredibly oblivious.

The twists and turns of the story was really good, the sadness of the plot wasn't overwhelming.
I especially loved the friendships in this book, the different types of friendships and how they form. 

Frances' and Aled's friendship is so beautiful to me, I wish we had gotten more of it. They are truly platonic soulmates. I might even like this friendship group more than the one in the previous Oseman books I've read. I truly wish we got a longer epilogue and ending.

Also: the mothers. The differences between Aled and Frances' mothers are glaringly obvious and I truly couldn't love both of those characters more for how different they are and the types of parental 'love' they represent. Frances' mother deserves all the love <3 

Overall an incredible story. So glad I read this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Mental illness, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal death

Any warnings about gas lighting and abuse are in regards to

Aled Last's mother. She is incredibly controlling and abusive towards him and had been the same way towards his sister in the past. There are multiple references to it as well as scenes portraying that abuse or talking about it from Frances' POV.

Stalking mostly happens online.

avagrossman's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

billi3louise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I was so excited to be able to read more about Aled and get further insight into his life after meeting him in Heartstopper. 
I am still really glad I did but I was not ready for the heartbreaking story I just read. 
I thoroughly enjoyed the book nonetheless and am happy to have met all these new characters. 

I have a lot of things to say about Carol Last but I won’t go too deep because I’m sure you all understand if you’ve read it. It’s just the hair snip. The room rearranging. The dog???!!?! I have never been so angry with a character before. 
Also February is such a pretty middle name.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Animal death

this_is_lee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense 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

4.75

Alice continues to completely blow me away. This book was dark and felt with some rather heavy topics and yet I could not bring myself to put this book down. I was drawn to each and every character and the plot/subplots were interesting and just pulled me in further and feather till suddenly I was at the end. 
I absolutely love the message and theme of this book. It’s one of Discovery, loss, and defying societal standards. 
Overall, such a spot on book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Body shaming and Bullying

nojerama's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

I have never seen myself in a character more than I have with Frances. Her and Aled's friendship is my favourite thing in the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Child abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Violence, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

agentsofromanov's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Child abuse, and Animal death

lolajh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

ALICE FUCKING OSEMAN. Holy shit. Each book I read of Alice’s is somehow better than the last. This book had everything: brown and other poc main characters, bisexual, lesbian, gay, aspec and pansexual characters, and all of these characters not being in there just for the rep but having vital roles in the story. Reading this book as a teenager did allow me to reflect a lot on myself, as this books portrays beautifully how teenagers interact and behave and stress about adulthood, but it also says that university isn’t the only option for having a successful and enjoyable life, which is such an incredibly important theme needed in contemporary books like these aimed towards young adults. This book’s portrayal of mental illnesses as well was perfect and relatable, whilst heartbreaking. How Alice is able to portray all these themes so perfectly I will never know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Mental illness, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Sexual content

lucys_library's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Gaslighting, and Mental illness