Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

24 reviews

whiteflowerose's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Outing, and Toxic relationship

cecinamo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This is such an amazing, cute, queer romcom! I loved it so much. Even though it‘s a bit goofy and funny, the characters are very relatable and the book also touches on some deeper topics like self worth, internalized homophobia and emotional growth. It also handles the different sides of a toxic relationship really well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Grief, Cursing, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Outing

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

👌 Fake Dating

🫶 Enemies to Lovers 

🎀Cheerleader x 🏀 Basketball Player

This book was such a cliché but in such a good way.  I loved the characters and friendships in this book so much.  Irene and Honey-Belle though were my favorite characters.

The fake dating trope with a lovely dash of enemies to lovers made it even better.  The banter between Scottie and Irene was always amusing.

This is a cute lighthearted read that deals with getting over past relationships and doing things because you want to, and not because you have something to prove.  It was lovely!

Release Date: 20, April 2021

POV: First Person 

Rep: Lesbian (MC), Queer South Asian (LI), LGBTQIA+ (SCs), BIPOC (SCs)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Classism, Outing, Cursing, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

lemonwrlds's review

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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Outing, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Biphobia, Sexism, Outing, Vomit, Sexual content, Misogyny, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Classism, Bullying, and Alcohol

adiloretto's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

vael's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

CW:
At least 2 HP references in this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Bullying

cj13's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Bullying, Outing, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting

bek_p87's review

hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.5

I enjoyed this. The dialogue was unrealistically corny at times and there was a lot of cheesiness, but it was sweet, and a very realistic portrayal of dealing with falling in love with someone new whilst still not being over an ex. 

I think it would've benefited from dual POV, being that it is an enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating romance. And I'm just going to have to take the author's word for it that something like "Student Athlete of the Year" would be a big deal in a Georgian high school. But, overall, I thought this was a cute sapphic YA romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

ophycore's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Outing, Vomit, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Classism, Infidelity, and Car accident

Minor: Racism