Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards

19 reviews

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ellie_girl2929's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

(First thriller I read) This book is out of my comfort zone and I’m glad I read it. I felt very involved in the book trying to help with the clues and determine who was the stalker in the book. I never would have guessed who it ended up being though I had a clue. The book felt very adventurous and inviting and I couldn’t put the book down even as I was falling asleep reading it. Would def recommend for new readers for thrillers. Taking a minute to think after, I realized that I hated the ending (loved the beginning/middle)it felt really rushed and had potential for a great ending it was predictable in the beginning and overall could have been better but it’s a great starter book for readers trying new genres (like me)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Blood

Minor: Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Car accident

devowynn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness, Vomit, and Car accident

Minor: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

simp4sneks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

yikes_bee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Honestly it’s an okay book. The premise of the book is amazing, it’s just not played out in the best way possible. Like the ending leaves some unanswered questions & it felt too abrupt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

cmayans's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

the ending was pretty fast paced and I liked the last couple pages where the Mira (main character) has a big realization with her mom

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

morganperks's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

lots of things don't add up.

still don't get how that one hitchhiker kept finding them. where was Josh hiding their stuff? and whatever happened to the kid they ran over? like I'm sure the dad is itching to kill them all...ya know? for revenge. are they not charged with attempted murder or theft at least? did Josh know the flights were going to be canceled?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, and Alcohol

keepingitread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Picked this book up because it was based around the holiday times and had a snowy cover and was trying to get some winter vibes. This book did just that, it had me on the edge of my seat like a scary movie where you want to yell "Don't Open the door" but all the characters do the stupid things you tell them they should be smart enough to not do AKA going into a car with 4 strangers + add a blizzard on top of that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Gaslighting

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.5

this book was almost Exceptionally boring i dont know how it did it. it was so easy to figure out who the villain of it was like what was the POINT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

rachaelfryman's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

One Sentence Summary:  Five young adults unknown to each other, try to make it home for the holidays....but someone seems determined to stop them! (dun dun dunnnnnn)

Reminds Me Of: Stolen by Lucy Christopher meets Survive the Night by Riley Sager

Three Reasons You Should Read This:
1) This author does a fantastic job with scary/thriller/mystery books for teens!
2) This is a perfect book to read during a snowy day!
3) You will be suspicious of everyone and won't be able to put this down until you find out who is the culprit! 

One Thing You Should Know Before You Pick This Up:
I must admit I did feel there were a few loose ends I wish were wrapped up a little more clearly.  The last 20 pages or so are adrenaline filled and fast-pasted yet seemed to be in slow motion all at the same time, but when I got to the last page I did find myself wondering what happened to this or that person after the final event.

Content Warnings: 
Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Car Accident, Death, Divorce, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Loss of Loved One, Stalking, Terminal Illness 

Soundtrack:
Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Seven Devils - Florence and the Machine
No One's Gonna Love You - Band of Horses
The Quiet Things that No One Ever Knows - Brand New

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Vomit, and Alcohol