Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville

4 reviews

mh_books's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Incest, Rape, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

tamara_joy's review against another edition

Not my thing. The topics weren't what I want to read about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

raireads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

alylentz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

This was so well-written but heartbreaking to read. I've read other stories with similar themes and been less affected but this one was just so gutting for some reason. I'll definitely pick up more from this author--I was sucked in basically the whole time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, and Kidnapping