Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

One Hundred Days by Alice Pung

3 reviews

aishawilson's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

loved reading Alice Pung again. I absolutely adore her thorough and thoughtful characterisation of everyone in the book, everyone's motivations are clear and carefully tied to the overarching narrative. such a beautiful story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

arkierose's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Medical content and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood and Vomit

stassiaustin's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

ONE HUNDRED DAYS by Alice Pung 

CW: Child Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Confinement, Bullying, Gaslighting. 

What a rollercoaster ride this book puts you through. I read this book relatively quickly as I needed to see how the story progressed. Pung has magnificently crafted a story of love, loss, jealousy and how they can be presented in warped ways. 

OHD explores the complex relationship between mothers and their daughters and how they each navigate growing independence. Ultimately I loved Karuna’s journey and how she grew into herself when she became a mother and how the love for her child gave her a newfound purpose that had been stripped away. 

A confronting but beautiful read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting