Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

16 reviews

serotonone's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

2.25

This book is mediocre, at best. 
Would have DNF'd if it wasn't for my buddy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Vomit

toriwatson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Grief, and Gaslighting

lisa_m's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Okay so this book wasn't what I expected but I loved it. I know many people especially one's who love greek mythology did not enjoy this book. I am a big mythology fan myself but I didn't have an issue with the book. There were a few times where I thought the portrayal of the gods was a but strange but nothing big enough to influence my enjoyment of the story.

The writing style was great. This is the first book I've read by Alexandra Bracken and I definitely want to read more! The Darkest Minds has been on my tbr for a while so I'm excited to read that soon :)

The ending was quite abrupt and a bit under explained imo and that's part of the reason my I didn't give it 5 stars. I genuinely enjoyed it but it just wasn't five stars for me.

Edit: After sleeping on it I decided to give it 4 instead of 5.75. There were no real plot twists and everything that was explained I had already guessed before. The things I couldn't figure out on my own weren't explained in the end which left me confused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Murder

madamepincers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Torture, and Sexual harassment

doot's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was an adventure! I enjoyed every second absorbing its story! I missed the Percy Jackson craze growing up and read two of the books and have found it hard to continue given its younger demographic writing style. I would say this book is definitely for those fans who grew up and want more adventure, more fighting, more gore, more realism, more magic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment