Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

47 reviews

ecn's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Very sweet but also so heavy and difficult at times

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Classism

zeloco's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Starts slow, but resolves nicely. I kinda like that Felix is not entirely likable. Adds more humanity to his character and makes it more believable. 
I love that the story also includes the very real human anxieties we have about other people and ourselves.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Outing, Gaslighting, Dysphoria

oddlyghoul's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

maverique's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Stalking

Minor: Medical content, Gaslighting

spooderman's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Police brutality, Lesbophobia

a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Classism

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Toxic friendship

candearangotobon's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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: Complicated

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My jaw was dropped several times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Dysphoria

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol

bookish_afrolatina's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Since I couldn't get a hold of the print copy in time for this read-a-thon, I ended up listening to it on audiobook via the Libby app, which was great!

I really enjoyed this story despite this anxiety that catfishing give me 😂. Felix is a sweet kid who has been through some shit & I'm glad he had the space to explore the complexities of it. I was a little bit surprised at the amount of cannabis use throughout the book, but it's not like I can say whether or not that's authentic as I'm not a teenager & I don't live in NYC. The best part about this book for me, aside from Felix's friendship with Ezra, was the depiction of a person questioning who they really are & realizing that this may be a lifelong journey instead of arriving at an identity destination.

❗content warning❗: there are a lot of instances of transphobia throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Outing

Moderate: Drug use, Gaslighting

marigoldgem's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, Gaslighting

_sobriquet_'s review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Transphobia, Outing, Abandonment

Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Classism