Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Liar by Tate James

7 reviews

caitlinemccann's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Stalking, Sexual content, Death of parent, Bullying, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Trafficking

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

jojesweden's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Okay, so this is largely a continuation of book one and I'm not sure that much actually happened plot-wise. There was a lot of character development though, and the spice was hot. I can't say I was super-surprised by the twist at the end though, I've seen it done before and was expecting something along those lines.

Spoiler for basically the last paragraph of the book: 

This is the second or third time I've come across a heroine in a dark romance has been literally sold by her father and there existing piles of formal paperwork proving the purchase. The first time I scoffed, because of course it doesn't work like that. Sure, there are shady deals and people are sadly being sold as property all over the world. However, I can't fathom that there would be actual paperwork proving ownership in one of these cases. We don't know yet how MK is going to react to this, but at least one previous heroine viewed the purchase as completely legit. Deeply unfair and a traumatizing betrayal by her father, sure, but still legit. Is the US even more of a dystopian hell-hole than I thought, where parents can explicitly and legally sell their daughters?

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Alcohol, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Forced institutionalization

ka_ke's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.25

That’s better. I wish Archer wasn’t such an absolute asshole, I hope we get some sort of redemption arc in the third book. But this series is quickly becoming a favourite! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Cursing, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

nicolewithbooks's review against another edition

mysterious

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Three some ,more than one lover

laura_rheads_too_much's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Drug use, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, and Murder

whatjasread's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I think I loved this one just a *tiny* bit more than I loved Hate. I think it's settled that Steele is my favourite of the three guys. Archer hasn't grown on me fully yet but I have a feeling book 3 might work on that based on that cliffhanger ending. The smut was hot, but I think the plot just needed a tiny bit more added to it because it didn't feel like a lot happened. I think my rating is so high because I love a bit of character development and relationship progression and we definitely got that in this book.

TWs: guns, violence, blood, stalking, smoking, drug use, roofies/spiking, nightmares, death of parent (before book, car accident), death of sister (before book, car accident), gaslighting, bomb explosion, toxic family, alcohol consumption, ref to sex trafficking, ref to homophobia, hospitalisation, stab wounds, murder, claustrophobia

Tropes/Themes: reverse harem, protective possessive men, mention of toys, rival gangs, ufc fighter, taking care, calming during nightmares/panic attacks, threesome

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Death, Gaslighting, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Homophobia

psyched_np's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Why is Tate James so good at ending her books with these cliff hangers!!!!  
I can’t. I can not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Confinement

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Vomit, and Car accident