Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Eine Frage der Chemie by Bonnie Garmus

227 reviews

greenan26's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Suicide, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

summerdecembers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, Car accident, and Gaslighting

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

peachybee53's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

3.5

This book is honestly just a bit of fun. It is a highly dramatised reflection on how women are viewed and treated as subservient, incapable & good for only one thing. The protagonist, Elizabeth Zott, is hilarious, determined and gutsy. 

I would advise anyone with a history of sexual assault to tread lightly with this one, but otherwise think the dry humour and darkness balance each other out well. The way Zott & Calvin fell in love gave me 'the ick,' and I thought that Calvin's family storyline and the rushed ending took away from it a bit.

Favourite quotes:

"Courage is the root of change—and change is what we’re chemically designed to do."

"I think [religion] teaches us that nothing is really our fault; that something or someone else is pulling the strings; the ultimately, we're not to blame for the way things are; that to improve things, we should pray. But the truth is, we are very much responsible for the badness in the world. And we have the power to fix it."

"It was her confidence, the certainty of who she was. She sowed it like a seed until it took root in others."

"Having a baby, Elizabeth realized, was a little like living with a visitor from a distant planet. There was a certain amount of give and take as the visitor learned your ways and you learned theirs, but gradually their ways faded and your ways stuck. Which she found regrettable. Because unlike adults, her visitor never tired of even the smallest discovery; always saw the magic in the extraordinary."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Murder, and Abandonment

iamaprettyflower's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I LOVED this book!!! I was gripped the entire way through. I love how head-strong Elizabeth is and despite her circumstances, she perseveres and takes no shit. 

I highly recommend this book ❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

alimactkd's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

dreezy's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, and Abandonment

nienav's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

It starts out a bit confusing….but once it takes off you don’t want to stop.  It is the most twisting and intertwining story I have read that isn’t a thriller.  The characters have so much life in them…and Sixthirty is the absolute greatest dog character created in a long time!  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

fightmeimsmall's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-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? No

4.75

I dearly love this book. I love how Elizabeth isn’t completely perfect but that isn’t at all worked on in the book. Her flaws aren’t something to fix they’re just a part of her. While at times it did almost read as though she were a perfect modern (post 2000s kind of modern) woman set in a time where attitudes were different, it still mostly read well. 
One small complaint was that whilst this is very much a book about science and chemistry specifically, I don’t feel I learned anything about the topic. In Weir’s science fiction I learn science. In Kuang’s novel Babel I learned about linguistics. Unfortunately, this book didn’t teach me any chemistry. 
It did however, teach a lot about humanity, kindness, and the  types of bonds that bind us. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

dropout's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved reading it. Perfect mix.
Sad and relatable. inspiring, honest and charming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Abortion