Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

139 reviews

mysticofcapricorn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Murder

laurynsbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Physical abuse

ailurus's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Murder, Child death, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Racism

hollygohardly's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Read in one sitting while sick. Not a massive fan of the writing style but the plot and the array of unlikeable characters had me hooked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child death, Murder, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

missgrangerr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse

sea_clocks's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

slow start which bored me so much i almost quit.  got interesting around 30-40% in. i listened to the audiobook and thought the readers were great. satisfying ending. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Gaslighting

randa23's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

meant2breading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

If you want a fast paced, multiple POV, trying to fill in the gaps of time, murder mystery, then you probably  will like some elements of this book like I did. For me, the plot twist felt very predictable. I did like having the story told between the three primary female characters even though, be warned, they are not exactly likable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence and Gaslighting

TW: DV, Abuse, Addiction

lucyford's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A really great mystery book! It met all my expectations and the story came together very satisfyingly at the end. The complex changes in timelines and characters really let you get the most of the story, and led to a very unexpected but believable ending. The writing style is nice as well, and my only criticism is that it wasn’t super captivating in the first hundred pages or so, but the rest of the book made it all worth it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, and Mental illness

abigailhaagen's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

4.0

Captivating book with a good mystery, even I did figure it out halfway through (I say, adjusting my Sherlock Holmes hat), but it was still interesting to see how the characters/author played it out. The gradual revealing of lives and secrets was well done also. The prose itself wasn't great; there weren't distinctions between character voices, and a lot of the story was told to us instead of shown. That said, it was still done well, and, even though the characters were awful people making awful decisions, I still managed to sympathize with them, even if I was just yelling at them to not be stupid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Stalking, Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Abandonment

Minor: Abortion and Fatphobia