Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey

7 reviews

anastasiamakes's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

A little slow for the first half, then just absolutely gripping for like 300 pages straight! It's really fantastic to learn more about the Roci crew, revisit characters from previous installments, and tie up some loose ends. Plus WHAT was that ending?? On to book 5 posthaste!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, and Abandonment

dangerteague'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, War, Death, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

saroreen's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Death, Grief, War, Xenophobia, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

kingsteph's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Suicide attempt

annailles's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gaslighting, War, and Violence

imyril's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

5.0

This instalment is all about exploring consequences and the many ways we can’t leave our regrets or our pasts behind (unless you’re Jim, who has no regrets to revisit, it seems). It’s the chance to really get to know Alex, Naomi and Amos and allows them to show their previously half-glimpsed depths (rather than Jim’s take on them; and I love the many ways in which he is or chooses to be blind about his crew).

I have no cool and no perspective on a reread. It doesn’t pack the visceral punch second time around - first outing, Marco’s attack hit me in a weirdly personal confronted-by-own-unexamined-vulnerability kind of way - but the emotional impact of the personal journeys remains and only gets more complex on further acquaintance. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

amandabcook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide attempt