Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

20 reviews

dawneelisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

mcgraeil's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.25

I was intrigued from the beginning. I was able to predict some of the twists, and I didn’t find any of the characters particularly likeable, but that didn’t bother me much since I enjoyed the suspense of still trying to figure out how we got there. The pacing was good for the most part, and I would recommend this one for readers who enjoy a good locked-room mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Stalking

jupiter_01's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I liked the mystery, however felt that we didn't spend nearly enough time with the antagonist to even understand how they ended up at the point they did. Henry, who was meant to be a foil, was given too many pages in comparison, and seemed like a waste in the end. The innkeeper's POV added nothing but a layer of disgust, but was in no way integral to the plot.

Sidenote: I couldn't picture anyone else as Mako but Forty from You lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

atypicalbeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

kristen_mk's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

1.0

 The first 80% of this book, I thought it was fine…good ideas but wasn’t loving the execution. However, I was still curious to see what it was all leading up to. The final 20%, it jumped the shark. In two back to back chapters, there was underage rape, gaslighting, animal cruelty/death, more gaslighting and suicide.
I thought “wow I’m rooting for the killer!”. Until you find out the motivation of this killer is eugenics.
In the end, this book just wasn’t for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

julienicole1106's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

brynhayes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.0

This was fine. There was way too many POVs and some of them were completely unnecessary. This has mostly all unlikable characters so if you need to like the characters this one isn’t for you. I honestly know where this was going because it was obvious to me at least. It was entertaining enough and it want horrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

read_with_riley's review against another edition

dark mysterious

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and Gaslighting