Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Risk by S.T. Abby

12 reviews

hugsy85's review

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

Make sure to read trigger warnings prior to starting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Gaslighting and Gore

ellaticonstellation's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This novel is disturbing. It broke me that Lana had to experience horrible things in her life. Plus the death of her brother is so sad. Her mind is super dark and her humor even darker. Agent Logan Bennet might be a great FBI profiler, but when it comes to his romantic interests, he is blind because of her charms. Damn, he will kick himself later when he finds out and I’m here for it. The twisted serial killing/revenge had me on the edge of my seat. Thank you, S. T. Abby, for this. No wonder your pen name is STABBY, lol. This is a great start to the series.💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Confinement, Physical abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Violence, and Death

trish_reading12's review

dark emotional funny tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

The cover image may be deterring reading from choosing to read this book, the image doesn’t actually reflect the story. It’s a fantastic start to what has the promise to be an interesting series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Torture, and Violence

zc2's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Gahhhhhh. Girlie pick this book up. If you loved the cat and mouse duet. Your in for a treat An FBI agent in a relationship with a serial killer are you joking. He’s so oblivious and it fascinates me. Gah i love it 🥰 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Rape, Gore, Death of parent, Cursing, Cancer, Vomit, Violence, Grief, Genocide, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Murder, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Stalking, Excrement, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Dysphoria, and Car accident

ydina's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

theonewheresamreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Uh oh spaghetti-o 😬 hdhdhdhdh no this book is so fun tho🤩🥰 short too, ignore that it took me 12 days to finish🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Police brutality, Rape, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Misogyny, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual violence, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Stalking, Vomit, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Homophobia, Outing, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Classism, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Medical content, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

nasya_4567's review

adventurous dark emotional informative tense 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

4.5

I love this… I love the whole plot and the idea of a

killer dating the FBI agent trying to track them down,

cause that means every moment is a tense one. 

Weirdly enough all the killing scenes are very empowering 💀

I really love Lana and Logan, they are so baby gorl. All the spicy scenes are perfect, they are not overwhelming and are in moderation making them seem real and “natural”. It also makes them more impactful. I also like how they only have a spicy scene if it furthers the story so that’s amazing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Rape, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

rhyleemarie_'s review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

i’m genuinely so invested in this- 
lana and logan’s characters are so interesting, the chemistry is impeccable, the storyline makes me keep wanting to read, and it involves profiling and i <3 anything to do with profiling

the only thing that i hated was reading the murder scenes because it freaks me out 😭

ALSO THIS COVER BOTHERS ME BEYOND MEANS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Rape, Stalking, and Kidnapping

ewoheille's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

criticalbooks's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexism, and Vomit