Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

4 reviews

alomie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

This took me a hellishly long time to finish, and it was good, but I really could have done with, it being about 150 pages less. I also found it hard to have sympathy for anyone, by the end I felt a little like choices had been made, and yet... They still moaned/suffered their way through it. 

Worth picking up but also good for it to be done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

thebearnest's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

silverrose187's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism

sjanke2's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment