Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

149 reviews

underscoresyd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Dementia, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Infertility

ayrisabella's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, Gaslighting, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Dementia, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Stalking

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

jessw17's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Dementia, Violence, Grief, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Car accident, Grief, Infertility, Murder, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Stalking

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

♡ Plot Twist

♡ Missing Person Found

♡ Who Should You Trust?

A documentary for a missing woman who suddenly returns after sixteen years.  Bell is left to unravel the true, to find out who was lying to her about what happened that night her mom went missing.  Was she even really taken to begin with?  But Bell soon realizes she can’t trust the people she thought she could.

This was a bit slow but at about the 30% mark it kicked in.  This story was wild and I was so invested.  Each truth Bell found out added to the story so well.  The mystery, the suspense of what really happened when Rachel disappeared was all an addictive read.  I didn’t see some of the twists coming when it came to Rachel’s disappearance.  It was also really entertaining to see some of the behind the scenes of the making of the documentary.

Spice Level: n/a

Angst Level: 💧💧 (2/5)

POV: Third Person

Release Date: 07, September 2024

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gaslighting, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexism, Bullying, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, Violence, Pregnancy, Dementia, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Confinement, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Infertility, Body shaming, and Infidelity

katharinaamaliae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

2.75

I've thought Holly Jackson is maybe a little bit overrated since I read agggtm, but since I liked Five Survive slightly more, I wanted to give her one last chance. It wasn't worth it. Holly Jackson once again managed to write an entirely unlikeable and clichee female main character with the personality of a brick wall, whose only character traits were being "mean" which felt entirely forced and wannabe edgy and a fear of abandonment because her mom supposedly left her when she was a child. Groundbreaking. Everytime the main character mentioned "pushing people away because they'd leave her anyway" (approximately every 10 pages) I felt like I was reading 2014 emo tumblr posts. And I don't even want to start with the mmc and love interest. He felt like a recycled version of Ravi from agggtm and since he was popular on booktok Holly Jackson decided to write a knockoff and not even a good one. Everytime she started describing his outfits I wanted to cry. I could honestly only imagine him as a 10 year old child because there's just no way. Giving a character ugly clothes doesn't make them more interesting, sorry. The plottwist was maybe slightly surprising at best

but if I'm being honest, I suspected the dad from the beginning probably because Holly Jackson has a habit of making a character the mc trusts the villian in the end and it's getting old.

The ending might've been the worst part because it was SO unbelievable and unrealistic. One last thing that made me want to throw the book out of the window were the constant pop culture refrences. Again totally forced and millenial like. Who told authors they need to do that to be "relatable" or "modern". You don't, please stop. Everytime I see the word "Tik Tok" in a book it makes me want to scratch my eyes out and set the it on fire. No offense. In retrospect: Save your time, don't read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Stalking, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

hphilips's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, and Stalking

sangsmiles's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Moderate: Dementia and Domestic abuse

evelina1756's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book so much, it’s by far my new favourite book. The plot twist shocked me for once as usually I can’t tell what the plot twists are, this book was refreshing for me. There was lots of character development, and the further I read the more I couldn’t put the book down. I definitely will reread this book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

afrenette's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Dementia

Moderate: Confinement, Stalking, Infertility, and Kidnapping

myahthebookfiend's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

enjoyed it. much fun. much twist. much drama.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Confinement