Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

36 reviews

laran_s's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

readtomea97's review

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

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Death

Moderate: Murder, Bullying, and Physical abuse

morgue666's review

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

"I'm not hurting people," Mimi pouts.
"I'm hurting boys."
Bria, to her credit, throws me a sideways glance and asks, "What are your pronouns again?"
"Uh..." My throat still feels raw from being choked within an inch of my life. "I'm cool with really anything. I'm fluid."

This part absolutely cracked me up. I really enjoyed this a lot more than i thought I would! As a nonbinary person it was so nice to read something from the point of view of another genderqueer person! Would’ve loved a bit more horror in it but I really loved the book as a whole. The ending has devastated me though,

Mars already lost their whole family and they couldn't just have a happier ending with Wyatt at the end? 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Violence, Body horror, Bullying, Transphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, Suicide, Cancer, Child abuse, Dysphoria, and Hate crime

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, and Sexual harassment

moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Grief, Blood, Death, Bullying, Sexism, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Transphobia, Cancer, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual assault and Cannibalism

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Murder, Body horror, Sexism, Gaslighting, Blood, Homophobia, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual assault and Death of parent

jessicabobessica's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I had zero expectations going into this read, but was pleasantly surprised. It’s a dark, queer, mysterious look at the cult-like nature of class systems - among other things.

It’s the kind of book you can picture HBO turning into a miniseries. Non Binary lead, weird and wild story, and a plethora of teen angst.

I will say, the third act comes on a bit fast and feels off-pace with the rest of the book. If you’re prepared for it, it feels less abrupt.

I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Dysphoria, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Homophobia

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Murder, Body horror, Grief, Gore, Blood, Misogyny, Violence, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Abandonment, Classism, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer, Ableism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

robin_reads's review

dark mysterious

1.0

This started as one thing and ended as a completely other thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

queerreaderchaos's review

dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Murder, Misogyny, Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Cancer

meganders22's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, and Transphobia

Moderate: Hate crime, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming and Cursing