Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

11 reviews

rainbowdragonz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, and Physical abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, and Confinement

mysterymom40's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Gore, Torture, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gaslighting, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Grief

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Torture, Murder, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Gore, Gun violence, Stalking, and Gaslighting

anna_333's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Kept me on my toes the entire fricking time, got me out of a longgg slump 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Physical abuse

rylin_marie's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Child death, Addiction, Blood, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

emilywemily6's review

dark informative mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This was an intriguing read based on the premise (YA criminal minds) and lives up to that. It was a bit more gory/intense than I anticipated but it’s to be expected when serial killers are involved. This was a quick read because there’s almost no depth to these characters. Cassie is just a girl whose defining features include her mother dying five years ago and that she is naturally good at profiling people. She felt very bland and while the other characters are more interesting, it’s not by much. The quality of the writing is mediocre. I appreciated the twist at the end though I saw it coming right before the reveal. This book is unique enough and I enjoyed this book enough that I will continue the series, though I will just be borrowing from the library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Stalking, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Gaslighting, Sexual content, Alcohol, Abandonment, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

hdoomk's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Torture

lucyford's review

adventurous mysterious relaxing tense medium-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

4.25

It’s a super easy read, and great for when you want a break from classics or anything that makes your brain hurt a bit. The characters are also pretty lovable, and the plot is well-paced and can really catch you off-guard, which I like. I couldn’t put it down and can’t wait to read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

vj_thompson's review

challenging dark 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

5.0

Literally obsessed 🤩

Usually I stray away from YA reads because they read very immature or the characters are younger than the age they are. This did not. It almost felt like the characters were older or maybe too mature for their age. Given the circumstances, it makes sense if they are. Currently Team Dean. I cannot wait to read the other books in the series. I can tell I’m going to be sad when it is all over 🥲

Also, can someone make this into a TV series….hello Apple?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Medical content, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

c45p1n's review

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

2.0

• love triangle)??( was that really necessary???? 
• i really did not feel the love between the characters (cassie/dean/michael) 
• JLB has a thing for love triangles istg
• the murder “mystery” was very predictable
• legit the only reason i finished this book was to make sure i was right (i was)
• very much your standard, run-of-the-mill criminal minds episode/basic murder mystery plot with very little thought put into it
• “JLB has never written a bad book” i present my second piece of evidence (the first being inheritance games)
• nothing was explained it all just happened and then was looked over

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Torture

Minor: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Stalking, and Kidnapping