Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Powerful by Lauren Roberts

16 reviews

madi_reads13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

jennh96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

This entire review contains spoilers. Then again, you shouldn’t be reading this if you haven’t read Powerless.

Ugh! I obviously went into this book knowing what would happen to Adena, and the ending still shattered my heart.

Adena and Mak’s love story felt insta-lovey, especially compared to Paedyn and Kai’s in the first book, but they are side characters and this is a .5 novella, so it’s understandable. I wish we could’ve gotten more vulnerable moments with them! They deserved to live their love story, even if it wasn’t for long.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

linaslittlelibrary's review

adventurous dark emotional sad

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

literarymary95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

Despite this novella not really adding much to the original book (Powerless) other than

how Adena ended up at the center of the final trial as the sacrifice

, it was still an interesting read and see how Adena's character influenced Paedyn's.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Violence, and Death of parent

I'm hoping Makoto will be added into the rest of the series because I think that would be a really great idea, especially considering the circumstances that happen at the end of Powerless/Powerful. I think he could actually add a lot to the plot that continues the series.

hereiskyra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 SPOILERS AHEAD…

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Well, this is one of those stories that you know exactly how it ends before you begin and while you’d think that would soften the blow… it doesn’t. It still hits like a brick. Listening to the inner monologue as she slipped away was one of the most gut-wrenching moments I’ve experienced in a book. And knowing all that she had to look forward to and all that she could have become was all the more devastating. She was so much more than Paedyn’s best friend. She was a smart and powerful girl who would have done amazing things if the world had been a little less cruel. And knowing he was there waiting for her, looking for her… and had to watch it unfold, tore me up even more. 

I enjoyed this glimpse into her life and I am so glad we got a short story about her, even if it did break my heart all over again. 

Favorite quotes:

“You make even the stars envious,” I repeat softly, leaning toward her. “Because one day—far from now—you will be up there beside them, outshining every single one.”

“If darkness is the absence of light, then that is what I am when she is not around. And I wonder how I’ve stumbled this long without her to guide me.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.5

*spoiler for Powerless*


I unfortunately couldn't fully enjoy it knowing what happens in the end T.T. I really enjoyed reading Adena's story and I loved how the author brings her to life in this book since we didn't have much time to get to know her in Powerless!! I really liked Mak and Adena's story, and I'm so sad that Adena did not have the chance to tell her about Mak!! I wonder if he will play a bigger part in the next book seeing as

He has the same power as Kai. I kind of hope that they don't meet each other early so that Kai doesn't kill him (or the other way)

I wonder how Mak will affect the characters in the next book and I am very interested to see how it plays out in the end :) Seeing as we didn't get much time with the characters, I couldn't really give the book higher than 3.5 stars, especially as I went through it knowing what will happen to Adena in the end because of Powerless :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Violence, and Death of parent

pastorscratchy1reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I already knew what was going to happen and I still was almost crying at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing

lakinglaze's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I enjoyed getting to know Adena more and see how she was spending her time during the trails. The chapters around her death were heartbreaking and beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

readwithsophsx's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail