Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

19 reviews

crystalsbookshelf's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

5.0

this book has touched me in the way that no other book has before. it was like looking into a mirror reflected into a mirror and on and on. olivie blake is a beautiful writer and her writing and characters feel real in a way that makes you never want to put the book down.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

tullyndmom's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the kind of mental health and neurodivergence representation we need in books!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

arturo_luzen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism

katiesbeengone's review

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

catching5tars's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

aseel_reads's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-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

the writing style at the start was a little hard to get through but thankfully that style was only at the start and end, otherwise it was pretty okay and easy to get used to. i liked the characters but i thought at times, their dynamics were a bit cliched or exaggerated, which was a pity 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

victoriavelez18's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

This book is the epitome of how love and falling in love is not the cure to mental illness, but at the same time it´s unfair to think that if you have a mental illness its imposible to love someone. Onto the tecnical, its not the easiest read. Also I think you should at least be informed a little on the basics of depression/mania/bipolar to understand the characters and their behaviors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

hannahnasir's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

There is nothing I can say that would properly express how I feel about this book. So good. So crazy. So genius. I’d literally cut my arm off to relive what it felt like reading this for the first time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Gaslighting

villainsandpoets's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

if the word "love" was a book, this would be it. taylor swift songs i relate with this book: willow, the lakes, mad woman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Alcohol