Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

78 reviews

indigoa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

Couldn't put it down. There are definitely similarities to other series out there, but I enjoyed the writing style and plot development immensely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Racism, Classism, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, and War

ericiusm's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

0.75

This is cringy edgy shit. Curse G. R. R. Martin for giving authors the great idea of killing characters off with ease, cause now every wanna be edgelord out there kills people left and right for the sake of gasps. Yarros is a horny teenager try hard that doesn’t understand worldbuilding, romance, fantasy and the military. Sometimes I wonder why my stupid brain gave me such powerful insecurities paired with perfectionism, cause without by now I would have been a best selling author of at least one poorly written fantasy trilogy…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, Islamophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Misogyny, Police brutality, War, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Torture, Sexism, Xenophobia, Death, Violence, and Hate crime

isaile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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: Violence, Bullying, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Gore, Grief, War, Forced institutionalization, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Blood, Toxic friendship, Violence, Child death, Sexual content, Cursing, and Gore

anilein's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Animal death, Blood, Toxic friendship, War, Torture, Cursing, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Ableism, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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: Death, Body horror, Body shaming, Torture, Colonisation, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gore, Physical abuse, Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Hate crime, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, War, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Genocide, and Vomit

noellee2004's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Classism, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, and Violence

w0rldofab00kw0rm's review

adventurous challenging 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: Sexual content, Gaslighting, Death, Toxic friendship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Murder

filipa_maia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

It took a really long time to connect with this story, but when I did, my goodness, I got hooked.

Violet is such an amazing character, her growth throughout the entire story is one of the best character arcs I've ever read. The plot is great, full of twists, great friendships, magic and cool dragons. How can you ask for more than that?

Are there any weird little things? Yes. Why the hell do they need to bond with a dragon to write with a pen? What kind of power is that? Why are the sex scenes so…detailed? We get it, sex is good, we don't need to read every thing they feel.

The ending was brilliant! I can't wait to read the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Child death, Blood, Abandonment, Cursing, Violence, Toxic relationship, War, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Grief, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Vomit

mojo918's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Chronic illness, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Ableism, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Xenophobia