Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Passengers by John Marrs

5 reviews

eeefann125's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Islamophobia, Cancer, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Addiction, and Misogyny

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

Spoiler

This is an intense story. I love each passenger's stories. Libby and the rest of the jurors had unique personalities, especially Jack. I rarely read futuristic stuff and I'm glad that I picked this up because it was interesting. 

The "hacker" was so interesting. The dark themes such as pedophilia, suicide, etc. made my skin crawl. I was so mad at Sofia's husband, Patrick. He dared to threaten her about his dark side. Disgusting was an understatement. 

Oh, Sofia thinking that she joined a reality TV show was hilarious until it didn't. 

Heide blackmailing his cheating husband was awesome in a way that he had a taste of his own medicine. The squirming and mine games made it all worth it. 

The ending was interesting as well. And the triple life of Jude. Hey Jude✨

Thank you, John❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Addiction, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, and War

chireadsandchill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Car accident, Grief, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, Mental illness, Self harm, and Stalking

loysydneyweissman's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

if you like black mirror you’ll like this. i genuinely was surprised by every twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Genocide, Death, Classism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cancer, Blood, Alcoholism, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Car accident, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Stalking, and Racism

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-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

4.5

The Passengers was a great deep dive into surveillance, survival, privacy, rebellion, change vs tradition, groupthink, mob mentality, capitalism, artificial intelligence and and much, much more. Despite my interest in tech thriller/horror content, this was my first experience with reading a modern day dystopian focused entirely around our technological advancement. It's far too close for comfort but that dose of realism made it much more terrifying.  The social media aspect to this story was awfully true to life. The general public are so far removed from the matter in question that they become desensitised to the trauma they are witnessing. I could see this genuinely happening in modern day society. Don’t let the length of this book deter you from picking it up as it was engaging and fast-paced throughout. I thoroughly recommend if the themes I mentioned interest you and you enjoy sci-fi literature.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Stalking

Minor: Self harm, Classism, Domestic abuse, Islamophobia, Pregnancy, Cancer, Gaslighting, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia