Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

怪奇孤兒院 by Ransom Riggs

6 reviews

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

It is an excellent book and I enjoyed reading it.  I liked the writing and storytelling style.  It was smooth and moderately fast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

spookily's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: War, Grief, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Genocide

Minor: Abandonment, Child death, Drug use, Medical content, and Infidelity

nutmegandpumpkin's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

I tried to read this book a long time ago and never finished it. When I saw a CD audio set of it at a garage sale for only 50 cents, I thought I’d try again and I am SO GLAD I did! If you have trouble reading the book, I’d definitely recommend giving the audiobook a go before giving up.

I absolutely loved the witty writing and narrator of this book. The atmosphere was the perfect mix of spooky and whimsical. The plot was so intriguing and I’m always a sucker for a group of kids with special abilities. 

Note: although listed as a “horror” book I wouldn’t call it that and think it might give people the wrong expectations. The horror is more so a spooky undertone to the main whimsical and strange fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Child death

the animal death is pretty explicit but it’s only really one scene and easily skippable

maca_vr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Cannibalism, and Mental illness

Minor: Gaslighting and Genocide

our_bookish_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, War, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, and Death

the_pysselfia's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Antisemitism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Genocide, Gun violence, and War