Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

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18 reviews

historianvik's review

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

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

3.0

Mixed thoughts and feelings about this book. I really wanted to like it because I'm part Ecuadorian and while the plot was strong many other elements fell flat. At times the characters were predictible and at others they were fully fleshed out and surprised me. I was waiting for a spicy scene but it was fade to black which personally I find boring. I like the author's message about ecotourism and the awareness the book brought to the Galapagos. The ending was pleasing. A lovely but unfortunately forgetable book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Cancer

Minor: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

reading_withphoebe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Vomit

divine529's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

I'm obsessed with this book. Everything about this resonated with me and I loved every second of it. It's been a long time since I read a book I didn't want to put down, and this book fit that bill perfectly. 

As much as I love romance plots, I don't read many books from that genre and I find that I can be picky. This book checked every box for me. 

This follows our main protagonist, Henley Rose Evans, a 20 year-old who works for a cruise company in the marketing department. She's incredibly driven and eternally stressed out and is up for a promotion. The problem? Her incredibly irritating and good-looking co-worker Graeme is also up for promotion, and Henley will do everything she can to beat him. In the meantime, Henley's sister Walsh is also in town unexpectedly. They all end up going on a cruse to the Galapagos and things kind of go from there. 

I couldn't put this book down. From the writing, fun plot and fantastic and relatable characters, it just really resonated with me. Henley and Graeme's whole relationship arc was fantastic and I can see myself in both of the characters in various ways. I adore them both so much. The backdrop of the cruise was also delightful and I loved getting to visit the Galapagos in this. The themes and topics explored were also great: climate change, ecotourism, sexism in the corporate world, harsh judgement when you don't know a person, abusive relationships...all explored in a very poignant way. 

All in all, a fantastic read and one I'll definitely reread in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Cursing

vj_thompson's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

3.5

Overall I really enjoy the story, the plot, and longing romance. I did feel like the author focused a lot on the cruise portion; the Galapagos facts and such. The characters fell flat. The romance portion seemed normal, like the beginning of a relationship. The third act conflict was normal and the ending of the book was cute. This is also a clean romance; no sex scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Animal death

deetabz's review

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

livruther's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing fast-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

3.5

it was a cute read, but i didn’t get super attached to the characters, i didnt love the writing, and i wish she would have mentioned who watched her cat while she was on vacation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Gaslighting, Chronic illness, and Medical content

chloewakham's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse

i_kin_cardan's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

brookey8888's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

This was really cute. The work enemies I feel like wasn’t as fleshed out as it should be. But I really liked the relationship and the sister relationships. Also the friendships. I also liked the discussion about the environment and how to help. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

marybsimp's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Physical abuse