Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin

5 reviews

onemamareads's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/blood-honey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Body horror, Child death, Death, Murder, Xenophobia, War, Religious bigotry, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, and Grief

cait's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexism, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

elizafiedler's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

Not sure what I think about the ending; it's rather bleak. Not sure what I think about the magical infection of the soul that's going on, either, or how manipulative every. single. character. is. But oh boy, it's still a very compelling story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: Gaslighting

ajboyd_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Colonisation, Racism, Torture, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Death

knifewifestan's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Violence