Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

103 reviews

nahal3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lakeofwords's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

I'm not gonna lie, I'm conflicted on this one.
While it was thrilling and a definite page turner, I reeeeeaally do not like how

an abuser ended up being portrayed as a nice guy in the end. I also do not like how this tries to perpetuate the myth of a child being able to "seduce" a grown ass forty five year old man??? Because she was, what? Deranged?

Fuck that noise. That's some pedo apologist bullshit.
That left a bitter taste in my mouth.
I did like the book other than that, it was a good read, it had me hooked from start to finish, but these aspects just grossed me out a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

lesliermonk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

davschi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Excrement, and Murder

Minor: Drug use

lallabc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, and Blood

Minor: Drug abuse

katlinstirling_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Great read, hooked from the start. Twisty and completely addictive. Was on the edge of my seat! 4.5 stars cause I was a little annoyed at the ending but that makes it a great book! Absolutely loved the acknowledgments at the end too! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

nomoba'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Possible 5 star?? Not sure how I feel about the victim blaming at the end? Regardless of what happened, Josie was still a victim, and Walter’s and Pat’s behavior cannot be glossed over??? Other than that, I would’ve given this 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Infidelity and Kidnapping

asienerbrown's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement and Sexual assault

kiwichill's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Outing

csl4240's review against another edition

dark mysterious

4.5

What the heck did I just read?! It was so good! But also makes me question everything now! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Murder