Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

3 reviews

bookish_afrolatina's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was a really intriguing book! I watched the show first, just because I knew that it wouldn’t be as detailed as the novel. The show left me on a cliffhanger, so I decided not to wait for the next season. I needed answers!!

Anyway, I think that the story is really well done. I just found it confusing a few times because there were times when I thought the format was a little confusing. Mostly because I kept expecting the flashbacks to only be from Eleanor’s perspective as she was the one telling the story on the recording. So when it jumped to other characters whose stories she could not have known yet, I had to pause. 

Aside from that, I was very wrapped up in this book. I’m actually kind of sad to leave Covey behind. 

I definitely recommend y’all read this, especially the audiobook!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Racism, Gaslighting, Biphobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Rape

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Sexism, Racism, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Slavery, Blood, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Deportation, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Xenophobia

zwe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

I really loved this book. It was so beautifully written and the characters were you really care for. It didn’t take long to get into at all it’s so engaging at every moment. There were a lot more twists than I was expecting and they were all very well done and actually made sense for the plot. Byron annoyed me for most of the book but that’s fine everyone else made up for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Rape, Alcoholism, Car accident, Gaslighting, Murder, and Pregnancy