Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Awakening by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

49 reviews

ephemeral_remi's review against another edition

4.0

I really really  wanted to hate this and I really really didn’t. 
The writing sucks, but i am so hooked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

kristinvaldez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Major trigger warnings.  This isn’t for everyone!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

breanne's review

I should've learned from the first time I dnfed this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

sarahreadinglife's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Research trigger warnings.
**Abuse, no consent, bully, sexual abuse, gap sexual teacher bully, torture ect**

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying and Sexual harassment

axthan's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

escapereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The overall story is captivating and the characters interesting and diverse. However, there are several grammar, spelling and editorial mistakes throughout the book that took away from the magic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

hopestar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

elle622's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Cursing and Car accident

lallagray's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

wickeddelights's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It was clear the book wasn't meant to be serious at all times. The Author's aren't afraid to make obvious jokes but nonetheless the book should come with some serious trigger warnings.
I wasn't aware going into the book that it contained outlandish levels of bullying. Like to the point where it's hard for me to find any redeemable qualities in the perpetrators. Consent is near non existent in the books to a level that it is borderline worthy of a dark romance tag. And the characters themselves are very trope heavy.

That being said. It was still a fun read. The concept of the astrology based school was interesting, and I am definitely going to read book 2. I am just crossing my fingers that there is a love interest who isn't a total jerk, or we at least get a deeper glance behind the veil to learn why they are being that obnoxiously cruel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting