Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Fairest by Marissa Meyer

23 reviews

kenna13's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I do kind of pity Levana, but not in the “oh she deserved better” way,

more in the “oh you made some stupid decisions” way. And that ending was so sad. Justice for Evret Hayle

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, and Death

Minor: Death of parent and Infertility

writer_egreene's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Death

alizah's review

dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

marenm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

2.25

it was interesting to see more about levanas background, but this book was very disturbing. while her actions fit her character and the evilness, it’s very reflective of right and wrong and the messiness of politics into a novella. the only reason it’s rated so low for me is that i couldn’t stand listening to levanas monologue and how terrible of a person she was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Child death, Torture, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Violence

h_scarf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body horror, Infertility, and Child abuse

t_swizzle's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death of parent, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infertility, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Pregnancy and Violence

elfeeza's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book addresses the effects of parental negligence, sibling bullying and trauma. It was a difficult and heavy read. Marissa Meyer’s writing really sucks you into the story and holds you prisoner until the end of the story. Her characters had depth and are relatable.   I need to take a breather and calm down right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder

anielabooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Wonderful novella. It’s great to see Levana’s backstory. I loved that Meyer made us understand Levana but not truly accept her. Amazing depiction of the effects of severe childhood trauma on how children grow. I really appreciated the subtle references to previous books too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Gun violence, War, Infidelity, and Medical content

hannah_taylorsversion's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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

3.0

My least favorite of The Lunar Chronicles, but still an amazing book in it's own right. You get to see inside of Queen Levanna's head and while I still didn't like her, I did sympathize with her. Villain origin story done right. My only complaint is that I feel some parts were quite rushed.

14+

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Rape, Infertility, and Adult/minor relationship

maria_pell's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, and Terminal illness