Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten

7 reviews

rowyn_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

A brilliant dark fantasy showing corruption within society. The world building is amazing and also has some casual queer representation such as a bi/pan major character and a non-binary god. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

quiet_reader's review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lilfirebird's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

The concept was cool. Atheistic pleasing. The angst was fine until it was too much. Ending made me mad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

luckylulureads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

The Foxglove King entangled me in its plot from the very first page, and left me wanting the sequel immediately. From the characters to the setting to the story itself, everything about this book was twisted together in such an artful way, and I couldn’t get enough of it.

I loved literally everything about this book. The characters, the setting, the magic, the court intrigue, the religious trauma, all of it. This book feels like it was made for me, and I couldn’t stop reading it. 

I love Lore, our main character, and Bastian and Gabe as well. Their relationships with each other felt so authentic, and I’m looking forward to seeing them develop even more in the next book.

I’m officially obsessed. The sequel can’t come soon enough. 5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Sexual content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism