Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

158 reviews

autumnwitch14's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Medical content, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Gore, Kidnapping, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Body shaming

gpfot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Confinement, Cursing, War, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Violence

kelisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Slavery, War, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Classism, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault

booitsbam's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A lot better than the first book.
I was significantly less frustrated with the characters and overall plot, though I still have my qualms. 

I’m so glad we are away from Tamlin for the majority of the book, as I really did not like him in the first book and highly disliked his actions in the beginning of the second. I even extremely hate him for the last part of the book as well. I only really missed Lucien, but I was really surprised and upset by him a lot of the time he was in scene.

I really love all the new characters we’re introduced to from the Night Court; they all have their own motivations that feel realistic, but in our reality and a fantasy setting. They feel properly fleshed out for the most part. The relationships between each of them also feel plausible, along with how they came to be. 
The descriptions of the settings were pretty good and felt pretty immersive, especially since similar are often used in visual medias already so I could easily refer to something I’ve already seen to visualize the surroundings.
It’s not the best written thing I’ve read, but certainly a lot better than the first book, so that’s why I’ve rated it higher but not much higher than the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Xenophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Confinement, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, War, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Vomit, Misogyny, Torture, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

chloe_acceber's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

Wow, such a different feel from the first book of the series! The spicy scenes got maybe a little too graphic for my taste but that's just personal preference and definitely not a knock on the rest of it. The story definitely kept me coming back for more,

although I am a sucker for a good enemies-to-lovers plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, War, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, Sexism, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Gaslighting

Minor: Slavery and Vomit

coffee_hat_chacos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.5

Great improvement from the first book. While the protagonist is still hard to deal with, the end of the book gets to where you want to be as a reader and this entry adds the actual fantasy elements I’ve been waiting for in the series. The new characters introduced make it a lot of fun and add a whole new layer of enjoyability. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, and Grief

druzyquartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Grief, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, War, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

ericajoy99's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

darci_spear20's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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 was so intense and I loved every second of it!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Vomit, Grief, Sexual content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery

samna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Physical abuse, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Blood, and Death of parent