Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair

4 reviews

ninahuynh's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Again, I think some of the sex scenes could be faded out or cut out and replaced with more soul-intimate scenes, if that makes sense. Some of the occurances just don't make sense holistically and I don't see Hades or Persephone going that route either. Like they just teleport from a horrid fight scene and then suddenly coitus 🤨😑  I skipped the Hades series as of this review, so it was my first encounter with the different povs and from characters other than Persephone and Hades. I enjoyed that. I think it was also a good way to transition out of this series to the next one!! I love the ending- it was sweet. I am excited to read more on Aphrodite and Hephaestus, and Dionysus and Ariadne.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, War, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death, Body horror, Confinement, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Ableism, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Suicide, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Chronic illness, Rape, and Sexism

elin247's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Check trigger warnings! A good conclusion to a retelling of Hades and Persephone that spans 4 books. A lot darker and longer than the previous books with many more characters POVs that shows the build up to the war and through it. Theusus' chapters were almost unbearable to read, his treatment to other characters made me despise him. I really enjoyed Dionysus' characterisation and his relationship with Ariadne. Some really hard deaths came from this book but I felt it was nesasary to develop Persophone from an innocent almost mortal to the powerful queen of the underworld. Hecates love and protection over Persephone was so great and Hermes humour really lifted this book in dark moments. Overall the characters really carried this world but the plot sometimes fell short with battles commencing fast and issues being resolved very fast

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicide, Addiction, Gore, Self harm, Body horror, and Confinement

amycourts's review

fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, Suicide, Torture, Cursing, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual harassment

TW Sexual violence, rape These books are truly awful, the plot holes are enormous, how things get from this to that are forever all over the place. But the others were mostly the “leave me alone with my trash.” The sexual violence in this was other level and disturbingly so. And from the jump. She does not write it well — meaning, sometimes it’s written as though the person being assaulted enjoys it — and rape is extremely graphic. Take care. Not sure this was worth it.

thethirtiethofjanuary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, Blood, Domestic abuse, War, and Vomit

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Infidelity