Reviews tagging Gaslighting

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon

8 reviews

noahsingh's review

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

2.0

mixed feelings about this book as someone on the spectrum, definitely related to the main character a lot but the amount of abuse he suffers from his family, which isn't properly condemned imho made me incredibly uncomfortable. yeah, wouldn't reccomend it to other people on the spectrum, definitely found it triggering

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Ableism

Moderate: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Abandonment, Police brutality, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

bellaiu's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

the plot twists left and right were groundbreaking 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, and Injury/injury detail

seaschells's review

adventurous challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

2.0

If you read this book, I hope you find it entertaining, well-paced, and interesting, but it is NOT educational. The only things you’ll learn about autism are stereotypes. Additionally, I’d put a trigger warning on it for parental abuse of their kid. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Vomit, Chronic illness, and Blood

white_tea_beluga's review

adventurous emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

The book was really nice. There were certainly times were I felt for the side characters who had to take care of Christopher and sometimes there were times that I felt for Christopher himself. I could say that in some ways it was a conflicting book because no side you choose is the right answer and you can't find a satisfactory answer to the question 'what would I do if I was in that situation?'. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Murder, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Alcohol, Dementia, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Vomit

lily_kruse's review

challenging emotional mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Vomit, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cursing, Bullying, and Car accident

lavalaempchen's review

This book is so full of ableism and just plane wrong. It hurts me to have read something like that and even spending money for it. 
The author neither did research, nor is he a good writer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

karenaerts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

kmturpie1025's review

adventurous mysterious reflective sad medium-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: Ableism, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse