Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

46 reviews

haley49's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexism, Outing, Deportation, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, and War

booksandcat's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Outing, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: War and Hate crime

Minor: Deportation

kappafrog's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Misogyny, Outing, Lesbophobia, War, Xenophobia, Sexism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Gaslighting, Deportation, Blood, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Bullying, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, and Mental illness

hannahrogers's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Medical content, Lesbophobia, War, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Racism, Racial slurs, Infertility, Colonisation, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Deportation, Gaslighting, Bullying, Hate crime, War, Cursing, Genocide, Sexism, Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Grief, Misogyny, Outing, and Vomit

jenna_gilb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

solaria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

MY HEART HAS BEEN RIPPED TO SHREDS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Alcohol, Bullying, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Racism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Forced institutionalization

kshertz's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

I don’t give a lot of 5 star ratings. But I am obsessed with this book. It’s brilliant. The time in San Francisco when gay clubs were being closed. Communism rumors were everywhere with McCarthyism. The Chinese were under suspicion and they’re living in Chinatown. All of that setting the stage for a young girl coming of age and realizing she’s a lesbian. The feelings were so authentic and felt so real to me. The racism of the time. The wonder of finding people like you. The tug to feel authentic vs. being shunned by your family and your community. I just loved every page. Definitely one of my favorites this year!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, Homophobia, Violence, Bullying, Hate crime, Outing, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Deportation, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and War

whatannikareads's review against another edition

emotional informative 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? No

3.75

v cute sapphic love story with some cool interracial queer asian representation. there are some really pretty sentences in here. i overall enjoyed it!

i just felt it was a bit dry the first 100-200 pages, but then it picked up after that. the ending was fine for me, not WOW but not bad. plus i didn’t really connect the flashbacks of the family members to the core plot of the story since they’re not really brought back to light in the present-day plot. also i just didn’t care for shirley as much as she was mentioned in the book lmao the chinatown pageant was just kinda miscellaneous for me. i think the author attempted to shed light on a lot of different social issues at the time: being asian american, being queer, communism, women in STEM, and i think if the plot was a little more focused it would’ve made it a lot stronger.

but i appreciate the research that went into making the fiction fairly accurate for the time period it’s presented in. also i love san francisco :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, War, and Xenophobia

toffishay's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad 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? No

4.25

What a sweet and emotional read! I absolutely loved following Lily's journey and I learned so much about a time in American life that I am not very familiar with. I never thought that I was one for historical fiction, but this book may have changed my mind. I also loved the insight into Lily's family too. Really, her whole world feels so real and honest. It can make it difficult to read about Lily's tough times because they feel so real. I want to return to this story again and again though. It's hard, but it's real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Racism, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Miscarriage

Minor: War, Sexism, Racial slurs, Outing, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, and Drug use

laurenkimoto's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Wow how YA has improved since my days. The complex issues and history that have been woven into this story are amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Outing, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Colonisation, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, War, Hate crime, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Violence