Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland

5 reviews

daniellemjoyce's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Infertility, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Confinement

sadpear's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

A stunning book, with such voice. There were moments that I forgot entirely that this was fiction, that I was not reading the memoir of a real person as the voice of this novel is so singular and vivid. The opening sequence puts a kind of dread to everything that happens so you second guess how this fairy tale could possibly be bad. Truly one of the best novels I've read in years.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Self harm, Violence, and Vomit

voidboi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Misogyny, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, and Ableism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Car accident, Mental illness, Sexual content, Alcohol, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Infertility, and Toxic friendship

lizinthelibrary's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.25

Oh wow. This book really talks about the power of a woman's body, of her beauty, and how that power can trap her. There are a few times, especially toward the end, where it goes into "just tell the entire point/moral" territory and that feels a bit disappointing after such an amazing book. But the journey is incredible. I kept telling lots of other people to read it as I was reading it so I would have someone to discuss with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Death and Death of parent

tbretc's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting