Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

26 reviews

hchaus21's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Medical trauma, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gaslighting, Blood, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Cursing

magical_mads's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Infidelity, Abandonment, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Excrement, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Grief, Murder, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture

katybugggg's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was so good! It kept me guessing the entire time; I could not put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Medical trauma

Moderate: Infidelity, Bullying, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

seetaylorwriteandreview's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was pretty good. As it went in, I was wondering when the plot twist would be revealed. I just didn’t expect everything yo come to a close in the last 25%. However, that last 25% made the rest of the book worth the read! 

I will add to check the CW/TW!! If you struggle with any birth related trauma, this book might trigger you. As a doula and student midwife, my heart broke to see the very real obstetric abuse that was mentioned in too accurate detail. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Medical trauma, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

nisquah's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Confinement, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Excrement, and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Abortion, and Cancer

ten_telegrams's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

0.25

Most boring book ever and just terribly executed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Murder, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Infidelity, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Stalking, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Medical content

hayley_nelson915's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, and Abandonment

Minor: Blood, Gaslighting, Excrement, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Vomit, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

lars702's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

4 stars / this book had me on the edge of my seat up until the end. unfortunately i feel like the ending was too rushed - i would have appreciated an epilogue or maybe some more explanation from the author on what the heck just happened. otherwise a pretty solid thriller

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Bullying, Child abuse, and Medical content

ilovegilmoregirls's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Blood, Car accident, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Vomit, Alcoholism, Excrement, and Animal death