Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

3 reviews

elizabethwebb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Bullying, and Body horror

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

ash_ton's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

mila is one of those annoying characters that you can grow to love. i think my favorite character was dayton tho. she was so ditzy and sweet. 
i didn't expect the ending at all. well, not until closer to the ending lol but i had no clue for awhile.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Bullying, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

emily_mh's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

This rating is pretty much based on my enjoyment because the plot was a let down. But before we get into that I'll talk about what I did like! This read was atmospheric and spooky. It had good pacing, and the main character, Mila, was a great narrator. And like I said, I really enjoyed reading it! 

HOWEVER, the plot turned out to be quite underwhelming. For a mystery/thriller, it was very linear and if you're familiar with the genre I feel like the culprit is an easy guess. Some other things I didn't like was that apart from Mila, the characters felt a little flat, and I didn't like the whole bully-redemption arc. June and Dayton were literally racist and fatphobic towards Mila while they were living and within a week everyone was buddy-buddy? Not a big fan of that.

All that being said I did like this book, and loved where Mila ended up by the end of it. I would be super interested in reading more books about her life! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, Suicide, Gore, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Grief, Cursing, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Physical abuse, Bullying, Cursing, Body shaming, Excrement, Racism, Ableism, Mental illness, Child abuse, Drug use, Cultural appropriation, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Rape, Slavery, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Confinement, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Infidelity