Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

7 reviews

enchantedgeek's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Cursing, Torture, Body horror, Drug use, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Violence

pelb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Here’s the thing, I wanted to love this book. The writing style is great, I love all the characters, and the powers are cool. I loved that we got to see more of Eli’s backstory, I felt like I understood his character a lot better after that. Here’s my main problems: 

1. The focus on new characters 
- there were two new characters introduced, which seemed cool at first. They were good characters with interesting abilities, however, it felt like they were thrown in out of nowhere and then they took over the story. I felt like they could’ve had their own spin off story, rather than being put in this book. Their presence is what killed it for me, because it detracted from the main plot line and caused the downfall of my second problem: 

2. The ending 
- I could’ve overlooked everything else if it wasn’t for the ending. It was extremely rushed and felt unfinished, which was very disappointing after all the buildup. There was no satisfying conclusion I was looking for and I felt confused by the end, wondering why it wasn’t a trilogy, because the story is very clearly not over. Now if she actually comes back and makes a third book, which I’ve heard she might, that would significantly change my opinion of this book, because it was a very enjoyable read. I don’t think she’s going to though, so I am very disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Torture, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Addiction

emily_zylstra02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body horror, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, and Mental illness

sunrae_booknook's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book so much. I usually am not a fan of book two but this was better than the first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Drug use, and Death

Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Animal death, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Violence

nebulasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Violence

sarah_cameron's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was perfect from start to end! It kept me constantly on the edge of my seat and was such a great follow up to the first book. Can’t recommend highly enough 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Sexism, Torture, Death, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Police brutality, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Stalking, Animal death, Cursing, Vomit, and Car accident

nikki_singh's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gaslighting