Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

32 reviews

ecombs's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

2.5

The story started off a little slow, but picked up towards the middle so I had hope for it. The ending was extremely lacking. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, and Gaslighting

yeesh97's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gaslighting, and Death

Minor: Vomit

dbonadio's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

books_baking_brews's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Child death, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

tamara_joy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit, Classism, and Death

Minor: Grief, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

capriqueen's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

A compelling mystery. I guessed what was happening about halfway through but it was still interesting. The flashback chapters were more interesting than the present day chapters, which started to drag around the middle. End felt a little lackluster

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Gaslighting and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent

caitycatm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Gaslighting, and Addiction

ariana3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I kinda liked this! A murder-mystery thriller that seemed kinda stupid but I was determined to finish it.

A girl's best friend was supposedly murdered right in front of her when they were teens, by her maybe boyfriend. It was always a mystery and she was plagued by it, with family and professionals calling her crazy. Turns out the maybe-boyfriend had used hypnosis to trick/manipulate her and found a way to use it to kill her friend and others. She obviously forgets the tactics (because he hypnotizes her to), but she eventually remembers. The "house in the pines" was never a real place like he said, just him putting the image (along with smells, feels, and tastes) into her brain to lull her into his hypnosis trap. She's justified in the end, so she can move on, though it doesn't have much closure in the way it deals with him (just that an arrest should be coming soon...)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Child abuse

bethehart's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

It started off strong with the beginning chapter, and then weighed down a lot. Towards the end though, when she started remembering things it picked back up again. At first I couldn't tell if I loked the ending or not, but I think I did. To me it felt like the ending was not fro US, but for Maya. This story was about her dealing with trauma that she couldn't fully remember, and dealing with the memories that resurfaced. I appreciated it for what it was as a whole. Though I will admit it would have been nice

if we could have seen Frank recieve direct consequences for what he did

. But again this felt like it was about Maya's healing, so I appreciated the wrap ups that we did get. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse

hknox's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Drug use, and Alcoholism