Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

12 reviews

cyndi1966's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Gun violence, Dementia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

chellebell048's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

jaydub0221's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

nkg202's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

katiea714's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

rainstormdragon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Gaslighting

hamletslover's review against another edition

mysterious 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? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

moonwaterotter's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

I predicted the twists which took some of the fun out of it, but that’s my own fault for trying to solve the book as I read it. This is the second of Downing’s that I’ve read, and she writes from the perspective of the worst men i s2g.
All said, I did mostly enjoy it. I had an actually wtf moment halfway through the book and it was the biggest highlight for me.
And now here’s a list of my thoughts that is FULL of spoilers.

I almost DNF’d right off the bat when he first pretends to be “deaf Tobias” and ultimately realized that judging the moral compass of a serial killer is a stupid place to draw a line. But I still didn’t like that as an angle.
I immediately knew that Millicent was the “evil sister” growing up and waiting for the main character to realize that was absolutely agonizing.
I literally said “what the f-uck” out loud whenever they announced that Trista killed herself. Like at this point, I thought maybe she had helped Owen in the past (and maybe she did honestly who knows) but that’s not what I was expecting.
I also figured out Millicent was poisoning Jenna almost immediately. I thought the book was going to climax with Millicent saying she had kidnapped and killed all of the women because she was an Owen fan-girl and that she and Owen were going to murder Jenna together or something.
I thought Kekona was going to be the third victim and the cops were going to catch him at her house or something. I also thought the descriptions of Kekona were a bit strange and didn’t really sit right with me. (As well as the description of Trista’s sister at the funeral.)
I think it’s pretty fucked that the main character never tells Andy that he KNOWS WHY his wife killed herself.
The ending is cheeky but I wish they both died, not just Millicent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

bootsmom3's review

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

kharlagrace's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Torture, and Forced institutionalization