Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten

4 reviews

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Vomit, Murder, Gore, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Child death, Grief, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, War, Religious bigotry, Classism, and Death of parent

lilfirebird's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

The concept was cool. Atheistic pleasing. The angst was fine until it was too much. Ending made me mad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Animal death

luckylulureads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Minor: Drug abuse, Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Terminal illness

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

5.0

The Foxglove King entangled me in its plot from the very first page, and left me wanting the sequel immediately. From the characters to the setting to the story itself, everything about this book was twisted together in such an artful way, and I couldn’t get enough of it.

I loved literally everything about this book. The characters, the setting, the magic, the court intrigue, the religious trauma, all of it. This book feels like it was made for me, and I couldn’t stop reading it. 

I love Lore, our main character, and Bastian and Gabe as well. Their relationships with each other felt so authentic, and I’m looking forward to seeing them develop even more in the next book.

I’m officially obsessed. The sequel can’t come soon enough. 5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Drug use, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death of parent, Classism, and Chronic illness