Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson

4 reviews

garbutch's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Medical content, Rape, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Confinement, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

duntothewood's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I won't write a lot as it is a book you need to go in blind to, to fully enjoy. 

The play really only starts about 100 pages in and it is a mass of story beats from there. The main character Noa starts off as an arsehole and you will be amazed that anyone likes him. This being side does have very good character development  as he is a redeemable character by the end of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Death

klara42's review

adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gaslighting and Blood

Minor: Medical content, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

casmonido's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book will send you in a whirlwind of emotions.
It starts off tense and thriller-like, with the main characters mysteriously stranded on a malfunctioning spaceship, fighting for their lives.
Then it gets lighthearted, as you begin to think that the conversations and events on the ship are too perfect / slash convenient for real life and stop treating them seriously.
Then it gets tense and sad and tragic and hopeless.
And finishes off

on a hopeful note, I guess? but it's still a pick-your-reality ending (although it's not the most tragic, fortunately; I hate tearjerker endings)

And has funny bits sprinkled throughout.
Was that a love story? critique on capitalism? 

dystopian reality tv future?

  dystopian -- arh, I don't know? a comment on the meaninglessness and the meaningfulness of our lives?
Either way, it was more than I expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting