Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling

12 reviews

panic_at_the_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

The whole concept of the book creeped me out. However when things got explained I felt as if I missed something or was too dumb to understand, which is not a nice feeling to end a book. In a way it is rather disappointing, because I still have no idea on what exactly happened. It was a rather fast read and I was eager to pick up the book and see how things would evolve.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol

inamerata's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.5

The only me is me, are you sure the only you is you?

Legit, a lot of fun. I enjoyed the messy characters and their batshit power plays for control -- both Tasmin/Lachlan, and Tasmin/Prime.  The way Tasmin's growing paranoia mirrors the city/her basement's physical descent was great, and just all the ways lies/truth/control/sense of self are explored. There were soo many good conversations and I loved the title's source.

The ending was somewhat abrupt and I was left with some questions, although leaving them unanswered feels appropriate. Overall, a fun read, especially with the bestie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gore and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

Characters experience memory loss, sometimes worsened by gaslighting. A character has agoraphobia and has panic attacks. A character loses an eye and the injury is described in some detail. There is amateur "surgery" done

to prevent a character from being able to walk and move freely.

All the main character relationships are controlling in some way.

smolhandsdan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

ivywwx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

annamorgan27's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This took everything I liked about The Luminous Dead and dialled it up to eleven. Claustrophobic, tense, ambiguous, and the characters are great. It dragged a little bit about halfway through, but the ending was worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Medical content, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Gore, Blood, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

caidyn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.25

Another great book by this author! It was great and such a great mix of dystopian sci-fi and horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

spanikian's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

literarybitch's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

This is for:
• Fans of The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
• Readers who only like the video portions of House of Leaves
• ???
• People who are gay like Gideon The Ninth is gay 

7.9/10

#WhatsKenyaReading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Blood, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Eating disorder and Gore

jessereadsthings's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts