Reviews tagging Gaslighting

Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

200 reviews

aphatius's review

adventurous mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Confinement, and Gaslighting

aliyachaudhry's review

challenging dark funny mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Cursing, Vomit, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Trafficking

Moderate: Excrement, Mental illness, Murder, and Gun violence

max_s_books's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence and Slavery

Minor: Vomit and Violence

gusipetch's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Ridiculously readable. Fast paced, intriguing, absolutely brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Cursing, Confinement, and Child death

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence and Mental illness

keeganrb's review

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Gun violence

sun_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

a fucking masterpiece of a book. written super compellingly - i finished this in about one night!! i could not stop! clarke does such a great job of balancing a light-hearted sense of childlike wonder with darker themes and tones. it's really hard to talk about this book without going into major spoilers, but just know that this book has been highly awarded for GOOD REASON! do yourself a favor and just dive into it!! 

(p.s. as an ex-grad student this book scared the absolute shit out of me)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

limabeans's review against another edition

challenging inspiring 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

4.5

I absolutely adored this book. ‘Piranesi’ was such an amazing and like-able main character! 

The atmosphere and mystery in this story were phenomenal. 

SO UNIQUE!

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke deals with the struggle of becoming trapped within your mind and distracting yourself with illusions, making the outside world seem unreal. This, basically, is Piranesi’s road to recovery in a fantasy aspect, while he deals mental illness and isolation. (Unknowingly/In this fantasy metaphor sense)

The only thing that stopped me from rating this 5 stars, was that it was a little boring/slow at times. It was very brief though, and I loved this book.

A solid 4.5 stars, please read this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

tulilipz's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

the beginning felt very slow, but then it got suuuuper interesting. i was totally captivated by the story. sadly the ending felt again flat… i still believe it’s a brilliant book though, and i do recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, and Death

Minor: Fatphobia and Vomit

cviii's review

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Confinement