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Evelyn went a little cuckoo, but she’s ok now

Evelyn, After by Victoria Helen Stone

December 30, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Evelyn thought everything in her life was fine. She had a good kid, a successful husband, and a nice house. She gets a late night call one night that her husband has been in a car accident and she needs to come pick him up immediately. She can’t call the cops or tell anyone about it. She thinks it’s a little bit weird, and when she gets there, he’s not alone. He says his patient freaked out at the office and he had to take […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: cheating, gaslighting, Victoria Helen Stone

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: cheating, gaslighting, Victoria Helen Stone ·
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“Hidey ho, neighbor.” And he crossed the three feet that had been between them and slid his hands around her waist.

Chick Magnet by Emma Barry

October 4, 2022 by Emmalita 2 Comments

My heart. Emma Barry is so good. At its core, Chick Magnet is hurt/comfort. Nic and Will each start the book in a bad place and though they are in no condition to start a new relationship, they offer each other comfort and understanding. The deep emotion and drama of hurt/comfort is well balanced by the joy of chickens, kittens, friendships, and a variety of banters that range from funny to steamy. Nic has moved to Yagerstown, Virginia with her flock of chickens after being […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Chick Magnet, chickens, Emma Barry, gaslighting, modern dinosaurs, NetGalley, pandemic

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:106 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Chick Magnet, chickens, Emma Barry, gaslighting, modern dinosaurs, NetGalley, pandemic ·
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This is the second book I read this year, and it was nearly as painful as the first!

The Stranger in the Mirror by Liv Constantine

March 28, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So I finished this book back in January, but I just re-read a summary of the book to refresh my memory.  Ugh.  My brain is reminding me how much I disliked this book too!  The basic story is about a woman (Addison) who’s engaged to a great sounding man.  He’s a nice, smart, intelligent guy with a good job, a pretty good family, a nice house, and he’s financially comfortable.  Addison on the other hand has a menial job, she’s pretty nice, has almost zero […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: gaslighting, hypnotism, liv constantine

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense · Tags: gaslighting, hypnotism, liv constantine ·
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snapshot of a sculpture

Galatea by Madeline Miller

December 7, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

We’ve heard his story countless times; it’s been a well-trod myth since Ancient Greece. We read Metamorphoses, we studied Pygmalion, we sung along to My Fair Lady, and we mourned the short life of (the terribly named but very good) Selfie. With Madeline Miller, Pygmalion strikes again. He strikes the marble into a statue, the statue becomes a woman, Galatea strikes out on her own, and Pygmalion strikes her down. Galatea is convalescing (read: held captive) in a hospital by the sea. She is cut off from her daughter, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: adaptation, false imprisonment, galatea, gaslighting, greek mythology, madeline miller, metamorphoses, Motherhood, my fair lady, myth, mythology, novella, pregnancy, pygmalion, retelling, the yellow wallpaper

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:132 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: adaptation, false imprisonment, galatea, gaslighting, greek mythology, madeline miller, metamorphoses, Motherhood, my fair lady, myth, mythology, novella, pregnancy, pygmalion, retelling, the yellow wallpaper ·
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Her Voice

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

May 17, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Carmen Maria Machado’s voice is a fine-honed instrument. She reads In the Dream House, her memoir of receiving abuse in a same-sex relationship, at a volume just above a whisper. She is hushed, quick, and measured yet still barreling down. Her voice is arresting. You will stop dead-still to catch her every intake of breath. She is a force to be reckoned with. I am in awe of her strength; her strength to survive, her strength to document, and her strength to share her darkest […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, abuse, carmen maria machado, gaslighting, Latinx, LBGT community, psychological abuse, queer abuse, read by the author, Relationships

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:47 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, abuse, carmen maria machado, gaslighting, Latinx, LBGT community, psychological abuse, queer abuse, read by the author, Relationships ·
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Did she kill him or nah?

Silent Victim by Caroline Mitchell

September 23, 2019 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

I’m writing this review and my previous one back to back.  It’s only serving to prove my previous hypothesis – I read a lot of books about people being gaslit!  I actually enjoyed this one though.  The people were much less dumb than the previous one. So we’re introduced to Emma, a “typical” wife and mother, but she has a secret.  Well, she has a few, but there’s one big one.  She murdered her art teacher that she had an “affair” with when she was […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Caroline Mitchell, cbr11bingo, gaslighting, murder, reader's choice, The Collection

kfishgirl's CBR11 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Caroline Mitchell, cbr11bingo, gaslighting, murder, reader's choice, The Collection ·
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