Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James

23 reviews

koboldskind's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness

ashlikes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, War, Medical trauma, Murder, Child abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy, Cursing, Sexual content, Self harm, and Stalking

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse

Minor: War and Toxic friendship

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-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

3.25

This novel really reminds me of the Girl In Space podcast in that it starts with a girl alone in the universe, the last alive aboard a ship in the far reaches of space and gets further and further twisted into a horrific nightmare scenario.

Romy breaking down J's messages and software, the Infinity's med bay, and going through his room aboard the Eternity to find the scratching sound he imbedded into her ship's sound system, the computer system bugs, the quotes from her fanfictions, his parents' pods, her mother's pods, his notes on her, and his forged emails to earth was a well written undoing of her unravelling. It just felt like the book ended too quickly. I wanted Molly feedback. Romy's letter intro to her fanfiction was cute, but the part of me that's been reading adult fantasy and sci fi for the past few years wants information about changes to the NASA internal review process and how they'd change contact protocols to make sure emails that they're receiving are coming from the right people. 

It was a good, unexpected, and quick read, though I did almost put down the book forever after the first fanfiction section. They did eventually get more accurate to common fanfiction tropes and the way that fanfiction is normally paced, but all of the fanfiction sections were incredibly short in a way that doesn't reflect the reality of most fanfiction. I guess I am kind of glad that the fanfiction sections were short though because had the first one been longer, I most likely would have put the book down for good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Stalking, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War and Abortion

Minor: Self harm and Adult/minor relationship

chandlerwood's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Grief, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Confinement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Medical content

magickshop's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder and Adult/minor relationship

The adult/minor relationship consists of grooming; it does not take place.

sundayfever's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

3.5

Thought this would be a light book but it has a surprising, dark twist. Author does a good job portraying gaslighting, emotional abuse and other subjects that I found disturbing. A pretty good read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Death of parent

kadtide's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Emotional abuse

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War and Murder

kinomatica's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Medical content, Gore, Blood, and Torture

Minor: Vomit and Excrement