Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

25 reviews

filipa_maia's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book.

Although the action takes its time, everything kinda slowly evolves, this story is brilliantly written and keeps the reader hooked till the end. Think about twists and turns! This book has them all.

Usually, a book is a huge turn off for me when I cannot connect with any of the characters. Somehow, this story, these characters, are different. They are all very hateful, still I just kept reading because I could not put this book down.

I cannot recommend this book enough. It was an amazing read just in time to finish the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Violence, Miscarriage, Suicide, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Stalking, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

malloryhill10's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Rape, Infertility, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

It had a slow start and multiple  unlikeable and unreliable narrators. About three quarters of the way through I found I could not put it diwn. It was a clever ending, but I wish it had been revealed in less of a direct way.  The audiobook narrator was excellent. It's a interesting thriller where no one can or should be trusted.  I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Death

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexism, Gaslighting, Car accident, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Toxic friendship, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Violence, and Physical abuse

bobbeym's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was an interesting book to read.  I'm glad I knew to expect the first half to be slow; if not, I'd probably have DNF'd it.  There was a lot of build up on the characters and the plot but when it finally picked up, it really picked up.  

I loved the short quick chapters from the differing point of views. It's always enjoyable to me when I can see the story through someone else's eyes and not just the MC.  There are red herrings and twists throughout the book and it was fun to wonder what was what and see how it finally all played out.

Rated 3/5, and recommended to those that like mysteries (thrillers might be stretching it just a bit) and can make it through the first half of a slow book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Infertility, Alcohol, Miscarriage, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, Car accident, and Gaslighting

jessgrace88's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Vomit, Rape, Infidelity, and Drug use

Minor: Stalking, Car accident, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol

jessbailey24's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The ending is a bit of a cliffhanger and oh I wish it wasn’t! It was a good choice I’m just greedy with endings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Death of parent

marigoldgem's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I was excited to solve the mystery of the book when I first started it but by the end it just felt so dragged out. I mean you guess most of the stuff not even half way through the book and the surprises aren’t so shocking. Not a bad book overall but I wouldn’t reach for it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence

mysterymom40's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Drug use and Classism

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Rape, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide