Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

15 reviews

riverrliam's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This was a sloooooow book. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Infidelity, Confinement, Kidnapping, Stalking, Violence, Sexual content, and Bullying

Moderate: Car accident, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Fire/Fire injury

lsm's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

I found myself getting bored with all of the strange happenings and wondering what the hell was going on. I liked not knowing who the true villain was throughout. Glad I finished but this came close to being a DNR. It kept me interested enough to want to know what happens which is why it gets three stars.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gaslighting, Violence, Car accident, and Blood

mrmarshall591's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

2 stars is because I am excited to have listened through this book do quickly as it truly was captivating and I had no idea what would happen. I would say “I never saw that coming” but that is usually associated with an OMG shocker- that usually makes me look positive upon a book. For this book, my reactions were “uh.”, “what is going on?”, “this makes absolutely no sense” and “nope”. Also the misogyny is through the roof but I think I now see why that was done, but it sure did not help. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Excrement, Sexual content, Misogyny, Gore, Animal death, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Suicide, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence, Confinement, Addiction, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Death of parent

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

A little graphic for me at times. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Murder

jry's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

0.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Rape, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

I feel bad for rating this book so low but it just really wasn't for me. I didn't buy how fast the relationship between Grace and the dude formed, how she was instantly like so invested in his personal life. It just wasn't it for me. It felt very slow until the last forth of the book. Wasn't bad enough for me to stop listening but very very meh. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, and Body shaming

ksamaine95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

INCREDIBLE! I am utterly addicted & obsessed with Jeneva Rose and all of her work, but this takes the cake. Fool me every time I can’t get enough! 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content

blackcatkai's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

CW: ableism, mental illness, blood, sex, violence, fire, murder, kidnapping, gaslighting, car accident, sexual assault, alcohol use, demonization of mental illness, ugly/large characters are outwardly described as creepy & gross, misogyny, animal death, cringey af everything, making light of domestic abuse by referring to a tank top as a wife beater.....

this is like if lifetime tried to make a hallmark romance movie but couldn't stop themselves from also trying to make a thriller. I somehow called the entire twist at the end from the first 5 pages. either im absolutely amazing, or this premise was not executed all that well.

I don't hate the overall idea of the story, but I personally feel it would've been better put together by a completely different author. there is so much cringey dialogue, inner thoughts, romance, and clichés all over.

I will give jeneva credit though: I couldn't stop reading. but more because it was like a train wreck that you simply can't tear your eyes away from. though I also couldn't stop rolling my eyes just about every few pages. so there's that, I guess....

now lemme get one SPOILER out of my head:
.
.
.
.
.
.
AM I SUPPOSED TO BE SHOCKED THAT SHES A SERIAL KILLER WITH AN ENTIRE FAMILY? a husband and kids that love her? yeah, no fucking shit. most serial killers in real life do. this isn't abnormal or shocking in any way. most are fully involved in their community, friends, family, church, all over. but I guess if you're new to horrible people, then that could work for you.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Body shaming, Ableism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexism, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

gilly0298's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow. Unsettling. Riveting. Hard to put down!

Only complaint/reason for less than 5 stars is the ending. Didn't particularly like the last bit since it's suggestive of a possible sequel. I'd love a sequel but it feels complete without one!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Violence, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent