Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

El sótano by Natasha Preston

13 reviews

mrdz93's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

anika_tureson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The book was super fun to read and always wanted you to go back and keep reading. Its tense and shocking with some things that happen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Gaslighting, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

bubblepricks's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I finished this book in a couple hours, I do not feel like it was “slow paced” as it’s categorized. I hated reading from Lewis’s perspective, he’s super boring- but I also get why his perspective was important to the story. It was fine, I guess? 
I wish that for such a *heavy* plot it had a little more character development & soul. It felt more like reading someone else’s story about a horrible thing than actually feeling it from inside the cellar- from the girl’s perspectives. Like there was so much blood, gore, assault, & shock value on top that it didn’t bother diving any deeper. I wanna know more about the girls, we get summer’s perspective of living with them for nearly a full year & still know almost nothing about them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Gaslighting, Vomit, Murder, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Stalking

katleyn16's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, and Emotional abuse

car3b3ar's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Body horror, and Physical abuse

kalilovescrystals's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

held off reading the for a while but after reading it I was honestly surprised.  I wasn’t sure about the concept when I read the flower part though at first but it all made sness in the end. I loved how the dates where incorporated and we got different POVs. Though the ending was happy, I didn’t like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Outing

katelyn_readss's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

this book scared the poop outta me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, and Torture

jailynethewitch's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Blood, Death, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

simplyv375's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting

jaqylantern's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Violence, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault