Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

2 reviews

reddeddy's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Sexism, Racism, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Slavery, Blood, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Deportation, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Xenophobia

zwe's review

emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

I really loved this book. It was so beautifully written and the characters were you really care for. It didn’t take long to get into at all it’s so engaging at every moment. There were a lot more twists than I was expecting and they were all very well done and actually made sense for the plot. Byron annoyed me for most of the book but that’s fine everyone else made up for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Rape, Alcoholism, Car accident, Gaslighting, Murder, and Pregnancy