Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Promise Boys by Nick Brooks

4 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

4.0

This was a fantastic social thriller. It was heart-wrenching to read about how this fictional school abused students, knowing that in real life, so many adults think you can brutalize children into being successful adults. 

There were a few plot threads that felt like they weren’t explored as much as they could have been. The ending also felt abrupt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Murder, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Addiction, Classism, Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Cursing

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Gangs, incarceration

patricktreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

Promise Boys is Pretty Little Liars, but better. This story is a dark who done it set to very current issues and situations that many young people, especially people of color deal with on a daily basis. From racism to false allegations and even automatic wrong doing assumptions, it is all there. 

I give the story itself a full 5 out of 5, and the audio book I give a 10 out of 5. The production put into it was outstanding, and the full cast knocked it out of the park. 

The only part I didn't like was that I didn't know it was going to be a series. That cliffhanger!!! Oh my goodness! Read it. You won't be disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Misogyny, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Gun violence

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

I enjoyed the story, and the killer wasn't who I was expecting, though plenty of hints were dropped as to who it might be. I liked the focus on who these boys weren't bad kids they were just seen that way because of the color of their skin and the neighborhoods they were from. I also really liked the epilogue and seeing where they ended up.
Also the full-cast audio really drew me into the story and was amazingly done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Classism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

bookswithca's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Racism, Classism, Bullying, Addiction, Blood, Stalking, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence