Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Third Person by Emma Grove

14 reviews

inkgarden's review

4.5

Abject lesson in when to fire your therapist 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship and Gaslighting

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

i read this is one sitting, which i wouldn’t recommend because this is a really heavy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

tangleroot_eli's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

A young trans woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder heals a lot of her childhood trauma basically in spite of her therapist, who’s pretty much the worst. Seriously, all new therapists should have to read this book as a handbook for how NOT to therapist.

The art style is simple and highly effective. The repetitive conversations, which might otherwise bug me, here feel necessary to emphasize how much bs Grove’s therapist put her through, and how often. I rooted for Grove the whole way through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Toxic masculinity

daniellekat's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Wow. This was intense, insightful and emotional. This was an incredible account of the author's gender transition and reckoning with her D.I.D. diagnosis. I thought the sparse illustrations were fitting, but I found the facial expressions a bit lacking. It was hard for me to really understand some of the nuances during the conversations with Toby. On the topic of Toby,

From the blub I thought he was going to be a supportive asset to Emma but was actually shocked with his treatment of her. I was unprepared for some of those scenes and often had to take breaks between certain chapters. I understand that there is a level of narrator unreliability here, but the disrespect and mistreatment was appalling.

Overall, I enjoyed this especially since it is a topic I am very unfamiliar with, but I'd strongly recommend checking the content warnings on this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

Medical malpractice

whitne_ey's review

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

hunkydorky's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

internationalreads's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

indeedithappens's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

frozenduck's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

frecklebrows's review

emotional tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Transphobia and Gaslighting