Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

137 reviews

kimmykelly's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Excrement, Outing, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Vomit, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

twistykris's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

3.75

The abuse and torture so many endured at the hands of Shelly (and Dave) is absolutely horrific. A very difficult read for the content involved (PLEASE check trigger/ content warnings).

I understand how difficult it must have been to compile all of this information from multiple people, but at times the book felt very repetitive and used a lot of unnecessary metaphors. 

Also, I have

VERY little sympathy for Dave. Yes, he was abused by Shelly and being a victim of someone so terrifying can alter your mentality, I know. But you CANNOT tell me he didn't know that what she was doing was so fucking wrong. He literally shot and killed his own nephew because she told him to. He watched his wife abuse her children and grown adults. He says he didn't know bleach was bad for the skin and thought it was fine that Shelly made Ron soak his feet in boiling water and bleach?? HUH?! And the fact they're both OUT AND FREE? Disgusting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Animal cruelty

epounders13's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

A difficult read that you can’t put down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Murder, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

erinsings12's review

dark emotional tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Torture

emilydaoust's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Cancer, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape and Confinement

a_lyttle_book_blog's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Bullying

cfarron's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Homophobia, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Murder

kinsbows's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Rape, Mental illness, Drug use, Death, Confinement, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual assault, Self harm, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Bullying

chloeraye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Body shaming, Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, Child death, Grief, and Bullying

mghope's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, Physical abuse, Child death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, and Murder