Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Full Brutal by Kristopher Triana

6 reviews

bookdeviant86's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0


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gracethezombie's review against another edition

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dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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missgrangerr's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

So as far as horror this gets a 5. However reading it wasn’t pleasant, hence the 2. I highly doubt it was meant to be, but I needed to take many breaks from seeing the world through Kim's eyes. Never encountered such a horrific person and hope to never again. The things Kim did was beyond deplorable. Her goal was to ruin lives just because and boy did she. The things she caused were horrendous and made it so hard to read at times. However, with all of that said I was determined to see how Kim's plans worked out! Will continue to follow Kristopher Tiana's work.

All that being said, it has been a year since I have read it and talk about this book ALL THE TIME.  

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jwmeyer86's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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jellybean_gene's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I...um...I, uh, I read this book.

First and foremost: trigger warnings. All of them. You name it, it's probably in here.

It is the darkest, cruelest, most graphically violent story I've ever finished. The fact that I finished it - shit I couldn't put it down - is, in my eyes, proof that this author is incredible.

The writing, the voice and the pacing are incredible; the story is unapologetically depraved and that somehow gives the reader just enough distance to avoid feeling complicit in the MC's journey of mayhem.

This book is so fucked up I'm concerned that people will judge me for having completed it. Please don't judge me. And if you're in the mood for a splatter-punk meets sociopathic acts of cruelty, you'll almost certainly enjoy this book. 

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nicolehm_'s review against another edition

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dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Hands down the most fucked up and disturbing book I have ever read…weirdly brilliant. 

I always find it hard to give a star rating for books of this nature due to the excessive gruesomeness, however, the main character’s manipulation techniques were a dark genius and the pace of the book was perfect to keep you wanting to know what would happen next. 

Only downfall was that I felt there was no backstory to how the main character developed their ‘interests’. It was like she just woke up one day and became evil.

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