Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

What Lies Beyond the Veil by Harper L. Woods

25 reviews

jen_sten's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, War, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Classism, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

charhollyx's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

I picked this up expecting a lot more similarities to ACOTAR than there was😂 sure, there are the same courts with the added shadow court, and fae and a veil between humans and fae, but this told a very different story.
Do I like the main character? Not sure just yet. As someone with little tolerance to disrespect and lies, I wouldn’t be great friends with her irl.
The love interest? Meh. I didn’t care for his possession or dirty talk.
But the world is pretty cool and I’m intrigued to see where the story goes next
I would say the “graphic sexual content” is quite moderate, and the only graphic warning would be the damn gaslighting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Adult/minor relationship

damechou's review

medium-paced

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

BOY they just let anyone write a book huh
Fun fact: If you took a shot every time someone in the book “sunk their teeth into their bottom lip” you’d die!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Blood, and Domestic abuse

tessjuliarose19's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

shan_lou's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Misogyny, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

Someone said this book is what you would get if you told an AI to write a fantasy romance, and that’s about all I can say. It’s certainly not very good, the dialogue is cringey and unnatural and there’s zero character development. There just… no depth. But I didn’t HATE it. And now I have to read the sequel *sigh* 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Toxic relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, and War

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Toxic relationship

jadehusdanhicks's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

2.5

Not going to lie I struggled with this book.  The general fae story line was amazing and if it was that alone I’m sure I’d probably continue the series. 

Unfortunately it contains very consistent weird sexual content with a male MC calling the female one little one which didn’t sit right with me.  
Additionally it deals with grooming, suicide, murder and SA.  

Overall I was left disturbed especially by the graphic sex because of the phrasing and the uncomfortable nickname used.  I wouldn’t reccomend personally.  
And I’m not against spice in books.  But this was just horrid to read 

Also. Despite this book seemingly being set in an old dystopia landscape it kept bringing up modern clothing like leggings.  Which just seemed so seperate and disconnected from what I understood to be the setting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Cursing, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Animal death, Blood, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Rape, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Chronic illness, Grief, and Emotional abuse

justagrlandherdog's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

I had the highest hopes for this book. And honestly I made it through most of the book enjoying it. But once the two mains really started to explore their relationship it went down hill so fast. I don’t mind possessive men but Caelum was just toxic in a bad way. And Estrella hates the idea of any man thinking she’s anything beyond a plaything but she has no personality beyond that. She holds Caelum to such a high standard of morals but will turn around and do the exact thing she condemns him for just to be with him. I honestly just wanted it to end by the time I hit 75%. And the “twist” wasn’t so shocking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent