Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

6 reviews

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review

3.25

It wasnt really my thing but the ending is nice..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.0

If there's something I love, it's found family and mystery, and this story has both! the relationships are touching and feel very real, and the mysterious plot is gripping the whole way through

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Violence, War, Gaslighting, Animal death, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Ableism, Blood, and Physical abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Medical content, and Classism

alliemikennareads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and was pleasantly surprised that 15 years later, it still holds up and the morals are pretty on the nose for present day. This was adventurous, mysterious, a little dark, and full of character. I would have loved this if I read it in my younger years, and I’m excited to continue the series as a grownup! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Confinement and Violence

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

This was one of my favorite books as a child, but my copy got lost after loaning it to someone, and I've been waiting for years to get a new one so I could reread it. I really enjoyed it! I was surprised by how much I remembered. And like, it's true that some things about the book are problematic and on-the-nose (liking books isn't inherently good, TV isn't inherently bad, there's the ableist trope of

the bad guy getting up from the wheelchair

, and there's so much to unpack with all the "gifted" stuff). But still, I can't help adoring this book. I'm excited to reread the rest of the series! 

Also, spoiler:

I can't believe Constance is TWO?! I remembered that she was actually very young, so the whole book I was paying attention to how she spoke and acted and stuff, and in my head I was like "there's no way she's like four what the heck she's the most advanced of all of them." But I thought she was like four or five, not two!!! Wild.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Bullying, Death, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical content, and Mental illness

harmonica7840's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gaslighting and Violence

starlessnights's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Gaslighting