Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Malice by Heather Walter

17 reviews

cnaccarato's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Classism, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Violence, Abandonment, Gore, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

fatedefied'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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

blackheart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

This was such a good read. The added depth and history of this classic tale was fantastic. The pain and rage of the main character is so relatable it make you want to be a villian too. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Death, Grief, Body shaming, Blood, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Violence

keya_caivalur's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia, Genocide, Sexual content, War, Death of parent, Drug use, Torture, and Gaslighting

creativelifeofliz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

What a rollercoaster. I enjoyed the interweaving of fairytale retellings into this book and I'm very curious to see where the second half of the duology goes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Blood, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Classism, Kidnapping, and Self harm

kshertz's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

It’s a slow burn. Not much until more than Halfway through because of the world building. The twist was predictable and not enough smut to get me to read the second book. But it was fascinating and a good, interesting concept. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Murder, Bullying, and Gaslighting

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

Through out this book I was thinking it was enjoyable but nothing adventurous. I couldn't understand the hype and love around this book. It felt like another misunderstood character trope which, don't get me wrong, is good but I couldn't see it being beloved worthy. Then the ending happened and now I understand. It may not be a 5 star read but I can see where the love is coming from.

The second half of the book really let's the villains slowly shine. There are some great moments where it puts there "I'm the villain" scenes front and centre, and honestly I was kind of there for it. Sometimes villains just need to be villains as not to take away from the other characters.

I recommend reading this if you are a fairytale retelling fan. It doesn't follow it all the plot beats, but there are some good easter eggs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: War, Death, Death of parent, and Child abuse

bookdragonenby's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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

I love this book, I wish that the romance had made a bigger aspect. But Alyce needed her time to grow and find herself. I had my suspicions of Kal and Laurel and sadly I was proven correct with their betrayal of Alyce in the end. As I read this book during class I wanted to throw it so badly at the end. The sequel can't come quick enough to quench my anger at the Briar King and Laurel. I was satisfied with Alyce's revenge, but now I simply want Alyce to be reunited with Aurora. I'm worried to see how much my heart will be broken in the sequel, but we'll find out soon enough.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Cursing

parkergeist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Sexual content, Torture, and War

imaginingly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

bro.. what the heck… i need the second book NOW 
i loved this book very much and i haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since i finished it. the only thing i didn’t enjoy as much is how the ending came about; it seemed like the author was trying to throw in a cliff hanger and it just seemed very abrupt against the rest of the plot 
but other than that, i adored it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Cursing, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and War