Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah

6 reviews

lesliehirgelt's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Child death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Bullying, and Murder

sam_gartley91's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

stargazer_ley's review

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-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

3.5

The facinating focus on Arabic cultures is a pleasant change of pace for me, however I found myself wanting a glossary to define certain terms. While context provided some measure of assistance, I would have preferred actually having the information (Google is exactly helpful when I don't know what I'm trying to find.) That said the characters and story were compelling and I found myself constantly having to mentally update my theories. It was overall a good book that I'm glad I purchased and I am looking forward to getting the next volume. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Xenophobia, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Racism, Grief, Gaslighting, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Slavery, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Cursing

litliz's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, and Kidnapping

dionaeau's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

I literally have no words for this book… I was on the edge of my seat the whole time I was immersed in this wonderful world. I don’t think I have ever read half a book in two days since I was an adult, but I am so glad I did. This story and world is so rich and beautiful, I found myself wondering how I could be an ARC reader for the upcoming sequel. I am so glad this is not a stand alone. I am simply not able to leave these beloved characters and their adventure behind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Murder, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

This. Was. Everything. Fans of the City of Brass Trilogy I have found our newest obsession. This was AMAZING. I’m literally speechless. So this is the end of the review. READ THIS BOOK.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Alcohol, and Animal death