Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout

9 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

God this series has tanked for me. Like every other chapter had some sort of "major" revelation. I needed some consistency this book could not provide. The overused trope of Poppy being relatively innocent is getting old as hell too. I do enjoy how badass Poppy is and how much she is growing physically and emotionally but I swear this next book has to be better because I BARLEY made it through these last 50 pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, War, Pregnancy, Sexism, Kidnapping, Medical content, Trafficking, Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, Abandonment, Body horror, Genocide, Death, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Sexual content

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Sexism, Child death, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Colonisation, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Cursing, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, War, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Torture, Vomit, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Classism, Grief, and Confinement

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Colonisation, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

mistress_of_fire's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, and Death

midnacine's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

This was so fun to return to as an audiobook! I'm excited to re-read A Shadow in the Ember with Stina narrating next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Classism, Genocide, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Rape, and Vomit

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Oh, Jennifer. Can someone get this woman a better editor? 
I continue to be roped into reading this series because the first 100 pages are fantastic (leading off the prior cliffhanger) and the last 100 pages are fantastic (leading to the next inevitable cliffhanger. BUT THE 600 PAGES IN BETWEEN? My god. Repetitive and boring and took me nearly a month to drag myself through. But once it gets good it gets GOOD. Just, like, cut down the muddy nonsense in the middle by 70% and I promise you this book would be so much better. Same with the prior novels as well and, I can only assume, the next one. Which I will unfortunately be forced to read because, while I could state a million and one critiques about the writing here, she sure can write one hell of a cliffhanger and I am one hell of a sucker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War, Murder, and Gaslighting

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Cannibalism, Confinement, and Death

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

danielleor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault

aenidpons's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence