Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Malibú Renace by Taylor Jenkins Reid

57 reviews

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage, Car accident, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

dwe's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

lovealwaysadi's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racism, Blood, Medical content, and Abortion

pipss's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy and Gaslighting

Minor: Mental illness

emi12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

arbramirez's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

issyd23's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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

2.0

Loved the characters but the storyline was meh (Carrie Soto being a cunt was literally my favourite part) 2🏄‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

jessdoe's review against another edition

hopeful reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

estefizaga's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

sherlene_06's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

As much as I loved TJR books, this one didn't particularly hit me as hard as 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It was a good read, but not a great one. There were a lot of tear-jerking and thought-provoking parts of the book that made me love it and it delved into serious life issues and choices. 
It was slow-paced compared to other books of TJR. The second half focused a bit on characters that weren't relevant to the story and so that was a bit of a turn-off. The ending was incomplete and I would like to have a sequel to it. There's so much that was left unfinished. However, the most remarkable thing about the book was the time switch in the first half. It was absolutely intriguing and written so amazingly well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail