Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Castles in their Bones by Laura Sebastian

4 reviews

styxx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.25

The premise of this book centers around political intrigue told in multiple POV.

While I'm not a big fan of multiple POV, especially when it's more than two, I did enjoy this book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

kodafaith's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I was very conflicted about this book. I loved the political intrigue and following the separate yet connected plots. However I felt the whole thing fell flat and a lot of it was just forgettable.
The ending does leave on such a cliffhanger that will definitely have me coming back for more.

Also another issue I had was with the ebook where the names to distinguish whose POV we were in got mixed up at about half way and kept being wrong throughout. I was alternating with the audiobook and it was just making it confusing with no chapter numbers and then getting mixed up. There were also a few moments where a name was wrong in the text. Stuff like that doesn’t normally bug me but it kept occurring so it got annoying.

Overall it was a fun series and was entertaining enough, I’m looking forward to the other books to see where the books go. But this one didn’t fully connect for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Blood, and Pregnancy