Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

His & Hers by Alice Feeney

8 reviews

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.5

I really enjoyed reading this book A LOT! I loved the dual POV and the time stamps for each chapter. I also really liked how there were chapters sprinkled in where we didn’t know who’s POV it was, we could only speculate. 

While I liked reading the book, I wasn’t obsessed with the ending. When I was reading I was trying to figure out the big twist, and I feel like my prediction would’ve been a better story line. But I really didn’t see all the smaller tiny twists that seemed to happen each chapter and that’s why I loved reading it! 

This was a really good one by Alice Feeney and she has slayed me once again! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Car accident, Classism, Grief, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Vomit, Gun violence, Death of parent, Dementia, Sexual violence, Animal death, Body shaming, Infidelity, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Stalking

mtstjk's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Absolutely disturbing book, but never saw the plot twist coming

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Murder, Rape, Self harm, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Child death, Death, Dementia, Eating disorder, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Self harm

collinsd's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Rape, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Stalking, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cancer, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

I have no words, would've given it 5 stars but damn

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the 16th birthday scene in the woods and Zoe's animal cruelty was VILE also I'm sorry but why did Cat have to die?? Like it was just a job Anna could've gotten another one if she was that good at her old one Cat just wanted to go back to work she probably didnt even know Anna was cheating with Richard, her poor daughters :(

there were a lot of twists and turns and while I had the tiniest inkling who the killer was it seemed a bit far-fetched but still kudos to Alice Feeney for writing another engaging book and making me look at every mentioned character with doubt and suspicion.

writtenwordwanderer's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Body horror, Terminal illness, Violence, Bullying, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Body shaming, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Classism, and Pregnancy

Spoiler

grooming by a peer

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altzheimers/dementia

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marareading's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I ended up being more into this than I thought I'd be. I surprised myself. It has you guessing literally from the first to the last page. It is a gripping murder mystery with a full cast (and a ton of triggers, please be vigilant about them). I had previously read Rock Paper Scissors and it wasn't for me, but this book was going through my the traveling bookclub I run in my discord group and I am glad I ended up with it because I don't know that I would have gone with this author again otherwise. this is a fun weekend thriller read. Vigilant moment for sure. Solid 3.5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Bullying

xandraj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Bullying, and Dementia

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Car accident

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Car accident, Dementia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

boredacademic's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, Grief, Gaslighting, Dementia, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

Minor: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Rape, Pedophilia, Medical content, Infidelity, Gun violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Cancer, Body shaming, Blood, and Animal cruelty