Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Lost Boy by Christina Henry

25 reviews

rosenau's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

cozywithraven's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

I love this book. I've read it twice now, and it has a really wonderful way of pulling you in. It leans into what we already know and accept as canon and finds the threads that pull the narrative into a dark twist without completely re-writing the characters and making it into something unrecognizable. I wish some parts were more fleshed out, the fairies and pirates especially. The book goes a great job of showing the island itself, Peter and Jamie's relationship, and Jamie as he grows. But I feel like some of the magic is lost,

the mermaids aren't really described and only appear once, the pirates are only interacted with once. The Many Eyes are a cool touch and I like how they're described. And the ending doesn't tie together the crocodile eating Hook's hand, or Hook becoming captain or even just arriving at the pirate camp.

the ending just felt really stunted compared to the test of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Kidnapping

Narcissism

hazelrinn's review against another edition

5.0

fav peter pan retelling, so good

Okay, one crit now I'm done basking in the good. I wish the romance pair was fleshed out a bit more, it's a bit flat even if I like both characters from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

iamlexy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

ksuazo94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

lixxin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexism

darkty's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Gore, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

thathiplass's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

belathora's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

l_ander's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment