Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Near the Bone by Christina Henry

52 reviews

franknforter's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Animal death

alexwuwho's review against another edition

dark slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual assault, Rape, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Infertility

ripxw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, and Rape

The rape scenes occur a few times in the first part of the book but they’re not graphic at all, but it’s obvious that’s it’s not consensual

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

jerusha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Rape, and Miscarriage

kawooreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I am a big fan of Henry's fairy tale re-imaginings and this is my first read of one of her original stories. It was tense and creepy on multiple levels from start to finish. Martha lives in a remote location in the mountains with William, there is a dark predator in the trees that grows bigger and more threatening, and three people come to the mountain in search of a cryptid or mythical creature. How all these journeys collide creates a sad, intense and quite terrifying story. I can't really go much into this one without spoiling the story, but I will just say I felt on edge from the physical and psychological torment, the isolation, Stockholm Syndrome, not to mention the scary thing in the woods. At times, I must mention, the dialogue could have been better, but otherwise I enjoyed this one, it will probably be the last spooky read for me for October. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Torture, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Infertility

cryptidkay's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

 SO SCARY! I loved it so much!

I was a little worried about handling the abusive relationship aspects of this book. I really should have been worried about the author's ability to put two monsters in the same book and for me to care about the creature-y one.

I loved the old-school creature feature feel of some of the horror and was shocked by the more modern slasher/thriller style horror the framing narrative incorporated.

I loved it loved it loved it. All the more reason to never go into the woods 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Kidnapping

Um... there's a lot of graphic stuff in this book. Like so much.

hmatteson's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Pedophilia

inkster95's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexism, Pedophilia, and Gaslighting

luccasaworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, and Gun violence