Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Eine Frage der Chemie by Bonnie Garmus

203 reviews

kimmy0__0's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book and loved the character Elizabeth Zott. This is a great representation of what women during that time frame and continue to struggle with in the world (certainty not to the same extent). There are great characters who steal your heart and you can't help but root for as they struggle through the ups and downs of life. I ADORED the chapters/insights from 6:30's perspective ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Cursing

nessad11's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

I LOVED HERRRRR ugh it hit all the right places with empowering women and heartaches

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, Death, Body shaming, and Rape

wish i had a warning ahead of time (thanks tiktok) for these triggers the minor tags are brought up pretty often but there’s only one “detailed” rape scene

isaarusilor's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, Death, Homophobia, Body shaming, and Car accident

lilawsahar's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved that I got a web a stories that combined into one big story about Elizabeth Zott. I liked that each character got a point of view. I liked that the main character questioned the world around her and inspired others to do the same. Every character that she befriended was marked by her and it made me so happy. I also love how the ending was about finding family not a romantic love story.

I hope I read this again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

jaduhluhdabooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

Truly exceptional. I felt so empowered and seen reading this book. As an academic, as a Black woman, and as someone who is reaching for some high aspirations in the world, I felt heard and understood. Elizabeth Zott is a chemist, an iconic, well rounded, and powerful chemist. This was a book about pursuit and tenacity and inevitability of resiliency that comes with the life of minority. It was profound in structuring the sexist and patriarchal systems of the 1900s. It was revealing of the quiet and brooding strength of the house wife and mother. It was striking of the pain and the weariness of the unlived reality that many men take for granted of the woman. It was a sobering reminder of just how far we have come and yet so much father we still have yet to go. 

I am grateful for this book and for this story telling. I am proud of who I am and what I desire and believe it. This text grapples with questions I’ve consistently presented myself, especially as a person who believes in God. It’s real. It’s raw. It’s grasping. And I loved every second of it.

I think I would’ve appreciated a tie in of the racism talk angle with an actual person of color experiencing the depth that their intersectionality brings into the academic world and the societal. Other than that, this is a read I would 100% recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Rape, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

marimoose's review against another edition

I have yet to see any humor taking place in this book. Every time I pick it up, I just keep getting angry, in a way that I would throw this book out the window if I could. Not one male character is redeemable, most of the women are catty, and the situations Elizabeth gets into are downright infuriating. And that's just the first quarter of the book. Maybe I'll be in the mood another time to read it, but for now, it's a hard pass.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault

hnagarne's review against another edition

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

2.0

cw: rape, sexual assault, sexism, misogyny, suicide (mentioned), sexual harassment, almost drowning?, death of a parent (multiple), car accident (results in death), grief, gaslighting, abandonment, adoption, religious bigotry, forced institutionalization, homophobia……. i am sure there are more & every one of them deserved a mention somewhere in the preface of this book

there’s a rape scene within the first, like, thirty pages, and tbh i should’ve just stopped reading there 🤷🏻‍♀️

maybe i am not the target audience but this book was not good. it was easy to read but it felt like it hit you over the head with the ‘50s & ‘60s sexism and then elizabeth would come in like a white feminist straight off a women’s march or something and like it just wasn’t for me. the science felt off because it felt like the author decided “she’s a chemist” and then decided that meant she could easily learn and apply literally all of the sciences (she learned to row better than the men in one day by reading a physics textbook).

i do not get why the dog knew almost 1,000 words and i do not get why the 4yo was a child prodigy and i do not get why certain plot twists were there.

bright spot: accurate reasons why family tree assignments are terrible. end of list.

also, leash your damn dogs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexism, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Suicide, and Death

ecmiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Body shaming, Blood, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Medical content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Car accident, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Although a few things tie together in a nice bow, the strength of the cast of characters, especially our protagonist, and the themes of truth, change, and perseverance make this novel a crowd-pleaser. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Car accident, Grief, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Police brutality, Abandonment, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Homophobia, and Cursing

Minor: Classism, Vomit, Infidelity, and Abortion

Be aware that there is discussions of marriage outside of wedlock, doubt in religion, bomb threats, and abuse of power in science, education, religious institutions, and television.

graff_fuller's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

This book is NOT going to be for everyone. For those who want to keep the status quo OR those who are male chauvinists. These man babies are going to rail against this book, the upcoming adaptation and we've already seen them hate Brie Larson. Well, they are the minority in this world. Yes, they may still be in positions of power, but they see their time is coming to an end.

This story is hilarious, but it also shows a lot of problems that have been inherited over the years in our society. There has been an unequalness that needs to change. This book/story pushes against the inequalities and the fear that some men have of smart and extraordinary women.

Elizabeth Zott (which will be played by Brie Larson in the upcoming adaptation from AppleTV+) is the protagonist of the story. She's just trying to live her passion of science, and at every crossroad, she's manipulated, exploited, assualted, diminished and dismissed. This will resonate with EVERY woman who has ever lived.

My wife and my two daughters have fought against this injustice in their lives...and I have supported them in every way possible.

I read this book with my wife. Marie would read a chapter out loud, and then I'd read the next chapter out loud...and we've done this the entire day...and it's been an amazing day. We've laughed, we've cried, we've talked about experiences that have been shared in the book and we have been talking about it to our friends.

This is a great story. 

Also, in this book...are men that act poorly. Too many examples, honestly...but for accuracy sake...it would've been a lot more (unfortunately). BUT, also...there are good men represented, too. Walter, especially. We loved Walter.

Of course we loved Calvin, but he's too important to talk about here, for we want you to read the book and see his part in the story.

This is fiction, for there wasn't a real Elizabeth Zott, but there are SO many examples of women doing the work, and men taking the credit. Shame. Shame. How could they live with themselves. 

Lastly, in the #MeToo era, and the exploitation of women in the workforce being exposed (represented in the movie, She Said, and others), we are hoping that this becomes less and less prevelent. The poll of how many women have been raped or molested is staggering. This has GOT to stop! As a husband and a father, it sickens me...that even one has had this happened to them, but to see the numbers...is revolting.

I see a lot of people reading this book, and it always makes me happy. 

Loved this book and am looking forward to the TV adaptation coming soon on AppltTV+.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent