Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

23 reviews

falennahrm's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

amaya_jam's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I'm not a big audiobook person but for some reason, this series just works in this format 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Vomit

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

mcc004's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

dylpickles's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

alliemikennareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

4.75

The Vanishing Stair picks up right where book one lets off and is equally full of twists, turns and crime solving. Some parts maybe felt a bit underdeveloped compared to try first book, but it still has all the qualities I loved between the boarding school setting, fall vibes, and a mix of past and present mysteries unfolding. I loved every minute and read it in a day. It left me wanting to pick up book three immediately, which is what I shall do! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

Death by suicide, HP reference, anxiety, panic attacks, confinement.

elskabee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

 I really struggled to remember anything that had happened in the first book even though I read it earlier this year so I really could have done with more of a recap of events at the start of this one.

I struggle with my feelings on this book because the first half was very slow and hardly any progress was made at all. Then the second half was actually quite good as we actually start to learn more info and it picks up the pace. Thank God!

I'm intrigued enough to continue the series still, but if it hadn't picked up at that halfway point I was fully ready to DNF it. So I guess it's on thin ice mostly due to pacing issues for me personally.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Characters attend an anatomy class where dissection of animal specimens is described

rinherondale's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

emily_mh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This instalment was just as spooky and atmospheric as the first book; I was completely hooked and read it in a day. Also, I liked that Stevie was actually investigating this time around. However, this series didn’t need to be three books. The plot and mystery are spread pretty thin, especially the romance with David, where the conflict just feels contrived. I also predicted who Truly Devious was early on in the first book. A predictable solution to a mystery doesn’t necessarily mean docked stars, but it does if the solution feels meh or unsatisfying, which is sort of the case here. I really hope things pick up in the third book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Illness, bombs, discussion of global warming, HP reference, divorce

sankta_aleena's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

bookishgoob's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

this second book was so much better than the first i’m so glad i continued with it. and the ending!!!! the twists!!!! highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism