Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

16 reviews

jo_lzr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, Violence, and Bullying

hannahpings's review

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content and Grief

my_a's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.5

This wasn't the eerie haunting gothic novel that I had expected it to be. Next to no plot, felt lacklustre in its writing and plot. Cousin Charles seemed like a bolted-on afterthought, I was expecting him to advance the plot or flesh out the backstory but he may as well have not been there. I really did feel for the Uncle & would've like to have known more about him and his story.

The Afterword was interesting & I can see that there is much more going on under the surface. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Terminal illness

fadeddpages's review

dark mysterious tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Misogyny

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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: Death, Death of parent, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Dementia

itsheyfay's review

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Death

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Gaslighting, Murder, and Classism

sofipitch's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Jackson does such an excellent job of creating an unsettling atmosphere with a narrator that refuses at acknowledge it. The themes of being trapped, either by family or fear are so good. I read that Jackson herself was agoraphobic which she does such a great job of portraying as deeply unsettling with so little and such simple words. This was such a good mind fuck I love psych horror. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Murder

toffishay's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Murder and Classism

mydearwatsonbooks's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Bullying

Moderate: Gaslighting, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexism

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