Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

3 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

There’s one book left to read. I think I’ll give it a go, even though this one was unimpressive to me. I’m trying to understand why so many others loved it. Maybe this is a genre I give up on after the last installment. Mostly, I am reading the last one just to finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

elysianbud's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

"...many sequels have surpassed their original!"
"Name one!"

The answer: 'Don't Fear the Reaper'.

He's only gone and Terminator 2/Aliens/The Godfather Part 2'd us. One has to wonder if Stephen Graham Jones did this on purpose--the ultimate meta callback to Scream 2's classroom scene about sequels, because this sequel is better than the original.

Yet another incredibly fun ode to slashers, in my opinion, 'Don't Fear the Reaper' far exceeds its predecessor. I found the plot easier to follow, the characters more alive (until they're dead), and overall more entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism