Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

15 reviews

kylosten's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Cultural appropriation, Outing, and Racism

Moderate: Gaslighting and Bullying

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Racism

Moderate: Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Bullying, and Hate crime

Minor: Gaslighting

yolie's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

4.25

I raced through this book! What a sweet novel, that took me less than a minute to devour.

Although the main character Nishat can be bratty, I think it’s important to realise she’s a teenage girl and their thoughts and actions may not be as well thought out or logical as we’d like them to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Gaslighting, Islamophobia, Hate crime, and Racism

bookswithmaia's review

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Racism, Homophobia, and Bullying

ophycore's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Outing, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Cultural appropriation, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

lis4so's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

Minor: Gaslighting

sydneybedell's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Racism, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Homophobia

Moderate: Islamophobia

cheesepuppy's review

emotional lighthearted

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

5.0

Wow. What a book. I love it. Very cute story about Nishat. Her little love story is so cuuuuute. Love how Nishat is so close with her sister. I also like the way this book shows appropriation and racism in every day life. I think that’s a great thing to show our teens so they understand the implications of their actions.

Note, I do wish the deadnaming in Chapter 33 could be fixed for future prints of this book. For now, I scribbled it out and fixed the name.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Gaslighting and Islamophobia

Minor: Deadnaming

sikah42's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

I really liked how strong and confident the main character is, even in the face of adversity. The romantic development was realistic and tense and I loved it.
The only thing I hate is that

Allie committed a hate crime and got away with it. She was protected and never faced the consequences of her actions. I really wish she was ratted out</Spoiler>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Outing, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Gaslighting

lujisa's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Homophobia, Outing, and Bullying

Moderate: Gaslighting and Lesbophobia