Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

15 reviews

izypup's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Heed the content warnings.  Nothing is overtly graphic or descriptive but it is very clear what is going on. 
It was an emotionally challenging book but the subject matter was handled with care and I feel Elizabeth Scott depicted the cycle of abuse, victims becoming abusers, and imperfect victims well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Tw: Starvation and denied food

perth_is's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I thought the writing was beautiful. The use of the phrase of being a “living dead girl” was haunting and I will be thinking about this for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

mblanke's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

mossroot's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Living Dead Girl took me a little over an hour and a half to read. This book is BEYOND fast paced, you are so in the thick of it. Beware speed readers: every small sentence counts, and those words you know to look for won't be there. Cherish every sentence with this book not to miss a single moment. 

Every moment was throughly disgusting, and I could not put this book down. I truly recommend if you're already deep into the thriller horror concept, and if you're comfortable reading about very bleak scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

alicia447's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

missgrangerr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

If you can handle the subject matter in this book, I most certainly suggest reading it. It is very heavy and will stick with you for a while after finishing, it is very well written and worth the read. The ending is heart wrenching and rounds out the book well, I feel it was honest to the character and her story.

Update, it has been over 10 years since I read this book and I still actively think about it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

ash_c's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.25

Ending was meh. Quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Kidnapping

tomiebear's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

very disturbing and triggering. don’t expect a happy ending! i felt horrible for the main girl the entire time and honestly don’t blame her for attempting to find a replacement.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body shaming

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Not bad! This was a very interesting perspective on this sort of topic. Super sad, very tense and disturbing. Wasn't the best though, also wasn't the worst! A quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

haleymonkey5000's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

I really like this book, it was an interesting and quick read. It was definitely intriguing from start to finish, although a bit challenging to read through some of the content but I knew what I was getting into. I deducted a star just because the writing was alright for me, not great.

I’m still not sure how I feel about the open-ended ending, usually I’m not a huge fan of them just because I like a more definite, concrete understanding of what happened. But I think this ending was ok in that sense, because I think either way she ended up free. Whether it means free in the literal sense and she’s alive and her captor is dead, or free in the sense she’s free from this earth and is dead. I’m leaning more towards she’s dead because of the way she was talking about imagining her death so much throughout the book as her form of freedom.

Overall, I really liked it but definitely be cautious if sexual assault or abuse is triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Murder