Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

23 reviews

stindex's review against another edition

dark

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Stalking, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Confinement, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Animal cruelty

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Medical content, Blood, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Gaslighting and Murder

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Gaslighting, Murder, Blood, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment, Death, Stalking, Car accident, and Bullying

sav_22's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

I actually had so much fun with this lol. I found it loads more entertaining than the actual original novels. I doubt this was the intention of Meyers, but this made Edward even more deranged, weird, creepy, which as a result makes him actually more interesting than he ever was before. It’s very fun, especially if you don’t take it seriously and are coming from a place of love-hate for the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Bullying, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Medical content

sydneynorman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Blood

a_wren_that_reads's review

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Much more interesting than twilight. Now I wish the whole series had been in Edward’s POV.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gore, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death

shutupmaybe's review against another edition

funny sad tense

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

4.0

Edward Cullen I hate being in your head but I'd be a liar if I said this stupid book didn't take me on a roller coaster ride. I laughed, I screamed, I wished and prayed for your spontaneous combustion despite knowing it was a futile hope. This book is a MUST for anyone who read the original series. Sure, it might make you hate The Cullens more, or hate Edward more, or, well... hate any of the characters more (except Jacob—that's one character that was spared; so three cheers for you baby Jake fans) but you'll come out the other side a changed person. Definitely a darker read than Twilight or any of the follow-up books in the series, but trust me, you'll still laugh at the amount of lampshading and retconning Stephenie Meyer does. It's worth it alone to read

the car chase scene

so I'd say read it if just to read the chapter titled 'Race'. You can thank me later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Sexual assault

ladybanecourt's review against another edition

tense slow-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

3.0

 ✨3/5✨
Giving this book a three stars because honestly, at least Edward was self-aware about what he was doing. Going into this book right after going into Bella's certainly took its time, but when I finished it I was more invested in the background of the side characters than Eddie boi's "Woe is me, I'm a vampire in love with a human and I could hurt her any second of any day" attitude. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

alyssaofkeefe's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse