Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Spy x Family, Vol. 7 by Tatsuya Endo

5 reviews

spooderman's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Stalking, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexism, War, and Misogyny

Minor: Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Deportation, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

iono's review

funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Animal death, Murder, War, Gaslighting, Blood, Bullying, Death, and Police brutality

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

Okay but that section where Bond freaks out about Yor's cooking and goes to find Loid? Hilarious. This was a fun, entertaining volume, getting to see another side of Damian, that whole camping scene was really fun to read. Overall, this series is just all around fun. Can't wait to get the next volume with that sort of cliffhanger!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

wolfiegrrrl's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The main mission finally progresses as Loid makes first contact with his target! As a result, volume 7 reveals a deeper glimpse into Damian's school life and the distant relationship he has with his father. And on the subject of family, Yor starts to wonder if her job is really necessary now that her brother can take care of himself just as she gets called to meet with the mysterious Shopkeeper face to face for another debriefing on what may be her final mission.

Yuri gets a (much overdue) small bit of character development, however slim it is. Despite just beginning to acknowledge that he can't cling to his sister the same way anymore, he has a long way to go before he gets over his weird sister complex. Throughout his chapter, he is also forced to realize that there are multiple sides to this silent war. The people he condemns for "killing countless people in their own pursuit of justice" are doing it for the same reason that he himself is "killing countless people in his pursuit of justice" - to protect their families. This opens up the story to the teeniest glimmer of criticism of Ostania's police state, but since Yuri fully leans into his job as The Only Way to achieve peace, it doesn't go very far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: War, Bullying, Stalking, Misogyny, Blood, Animal cruelty, Sexism, and Animal death

Minor: Deportation, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This volume is actually quite light, they’re all kind of vignettes with each arc focusing a bit on a different member of the cast. That said, it opens quite tense. The rest is plenty of well written spy comedy slice of life. The forward momentum of the core book plot is more mentioned as bookends to the charming, spy comedy infused slices of life. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

There are scenes of child near drowning and also kids gambling. There are jokes about the dog dying or experiencing cruelty that leads to his death because he can read minds about potential near futures. This volume is fairly light but it still has bullying and gaslighting. The different characters have panic attacks about missions not going well but not otherwise. The alcohol use is by a criminal so whatever. Guns just are present in this volume. Most of the stories are of main and supporting characters trying to achieve some money. It’s a fun volume despite not much forward plot momentum