Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Bonded by Thorns by Elizabeth Helen

6 reviews

unboundbooklover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gaslighting and Gun violence

popdrinkm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent and Death

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

4.25

 Content Warnings: Sexual content, toxic relationships, toxic friendships, domestic abuse, mutilation, abandonment, emotional abuse, physical abuse, gaslighting, blood, violence, and confinement.

Damn...that was a good read. Major Beauty and the Beast vibes...which I LOVE. The characters were fun, especially the secondary characters, we get action, romance, a mystery...and so much more. I'll definitely be jumping right into book two 🤭 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Confinement

ruckystarnes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Abandonment

chloekaspari's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

1.0

This was very hard to read at times. What felt really odd about the book was that it was spicy 🌶️🌶️🌶️ but also felt written by someone very young. You would be told an action was happening or something to move the plot forward but there was no description or if there was it was confusing felt weakly explained. It was all tell and no show. When it came to the spice it felt slightly anatomical like talking about body parts and figuring out after how it all worked together. I know that’s a strange way to describe things but that’s how it felt to read it. The plot? Well if you read books in the genre you guessed the plot about 2 mins into starting this book. It was barely existed and was the most simple book I read in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

singingshooter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

Mixed feelings about the writing style, but still enjoyed the spice and romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Forced institutionalization