Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

115 reviews

jennipea382's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gore, Infidelity, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Grief, Rape, and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, and Adult/minor relationship

maribeth_brinkley's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Confinement, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence

maazi0328's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I wasn’t a fan of the writing. The plot was interesting but I feel it wasn’t executed correctly. It felt rushed and left me with tons of questions. The main character, Auren, wasn’t likable for me. I get she’s a victim and is dealing with Stockholm Syndrome, but I found her aggravating and extremely delusional. She seemed unscathed from  her traumatic past which I found unrealistic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, War, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

maja__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

tink2cma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Classism, Sexism, Confinement, Slavery, and Rape

Moderate: War, Death of parent, and Trafficking

amelia77's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

phlipsie's review against another edition

2.5

Awfully boring with lots of disgusting male characters. I doubled the audio speed to power through because the next ones are supposed to be significantly better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Murder, Violence, Slavery, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Alcoholism, Rape, and Trafficking

One giant content warning

simpledifficulties's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Slavery, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

kiah_rae's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I spent probably the first 40% of this book almost ready to not continue reading it. It did get more interesting and the added action and stressful situations made it a decent read. That said, there's a lot of toxic misogyny, physical/sexual/emotional abuse, and a main character that is difficult to not to want to scream at. I also think that her naivety and messed up view of people/herself & situation is sort of the point though, so if you decide to read this I'd say just be prepared to be a bit frustrated. I'm assuming the following books in the series will see some character growth and I look forward to it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse and Trafficking

I'm not sure whether this labeled as YA, but based on the themes I would not recommend it to minors.

faerybookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, War, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, and Sexual content