Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

3 reviews

nojerama's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

OK, I absolutely LOVED this. The best way I can describe it is whimsical eldritch horror, set in a world of magical realism. It deals hugely with themes of queerness and being an outsider in your own body and home, and how those around you try to force and mould you into their shape. How you can escape that and find your people who will love you as you are. Phenomenal book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Deadnaming, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Outing, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

chapstickdealer's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Great book, hard to get through if you're not keen on anthologies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

uranaishi's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Abandonment, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Vomit, Cancer, Colonisation, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Abortion, Addiction, Trafficking, Transphobia, Child abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, and Miscarriage