Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Giver by Lois Lowry

22 reviews

robin_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, and War

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

thebookfetishist's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

2.75

Objectively speaking, a very well written book, it's just that I subjectively did not enjoy it much. Just not my type of book. Still, a classic that should absolutely be given a try, because of its many important lessons and reflective food's for thought.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

ruthmoog's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

I quite enjoyed this, but I don't really like the unsettling feeling of distopian stories, and it was plenty disquieting.

I read this having been told it's a Christmas story, it's barely a Christmas story, so it was rather a disappointment in that way!

The concept of how the society has developed it's perception of things was cool I thought.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Gaslighting

Minor: War

Starvation/hunger

sarah1026's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Gaslighting

marinapaso11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Medical content and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

the_book_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

jselliot's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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

Probably my first introduction to the dystopian genre, and an enduring favorite. The entire quartet is great, but the first book is arguably the best. It certainly made little-me think, and I've come back to it a few times since I first read it.

I see the movie as an alternate universe, and while it's not book-accurate, it's still entertaining for its own reasons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and War

spookieweston's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Gaslighting

oobaswag's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting