Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

89 reviews

abigailhaagen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

Things I loved:
- the twists (I was hooked)
- the turns (almost stayed up past midnight and considered skipping school to finish it)
- the mystery (honestly the entire book is kinda worth it for the mystery)

Things I didn't love:
- the characters (the MC is an insufferable brat and thinks that's a good thing)
- the character morals/motivations (I didn't follow anyone's morals or motivations, which kept shifting just because? They didn't make any sense.)
- the character growth

(her small romantic fling in a subplot(which tbh didn't make sense, and a platonic relationship would have been more impactful) is what ultimately helped her get past her abandonment issues that drove the entire book? And then she was suddenly fine with people leaving her and it wasn't hard at all, despite MASSIVE trauma at the end?)

- the ending (it seemed like the author had a clear picture in her head of the ending, and she twisted everything else to fit it. Was not really satisfactory.)

TL:DR: very typical YA story, but with a really good mystery imo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement

violet_13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Dementia, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

ehoustonmyatt's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was a great one off that I might have enjoyed even more than AGGGTM! Even when I started seeing some of the surprises coming they just still felt so surprising and good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

jasminesreadingcorner's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.0

Pretty sure this is the most f’d up family I’ve ever read about. Bel is definitely justified in how she acts toward everyone. And that’s all I’m going to say because I’m afraid I’ll let spoilers slip.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Blood and Alcohol

aidareads's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

at this point i’m pretty sure holly jackson infuses her books with crack because what do you mean i devoured this in four days????? what the fuck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

aralynn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

greendog95's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Dementia, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent

zgreyz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

kept me hooked and kept me guessing throughout the whole book. almost every other chapter my theories were changing. this was a wild ride and a fun read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

paperkindle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Dementia, and Abandonment

Minor: Stalking