Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Fire and Blood: A History of the Targaryen Kings from Aegon the Conqueror to Aegon III by George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley

17 reviews

cherrynat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

What an amazing introduction to Westeros of old, loved this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

clairebartholomew549's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective sad tense 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

4.0

I’ve wanted to read this ever since I started watching House of the Dragon, and I’m so glad I finally sat down and did it. Although this is written more as a history book, I found the deep dive into the Targaryen dynasty endlessly fascinating. So many characters are interesting in this book, and the three separate history accounts interwoven provide a nice perspective about how history is never neutral. The world of Westeros remains as sordid and strange as ever, and the dragons add so much. I love everything I can get my hands on about this world.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

marina_claveria's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

queerloras's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Medical content

Minor: Slavery and Kidnapping

diedaahh's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Reads like a history-book. Might be confusing because of the many names that are recycled generation after generation (HOTD watchers: your Aegon doesn't exist until about the 65% mark) 

Other than that is the worldbuilding truly something else. The sheer amount of characters, motives, betrayal, political shenanigans and details is nothing short of impressive.

The book stopped being engaging to me after

Rhaenyra and Alicent died, but that might just be my gay ass

I'd recommend this book to readers who like high fantasy + dragons, don't mind telling over showing along with sparse dialogue and enjoy being a fly on the wall listening to the most dysfunctional family in Westeros 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Torture, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Suicide and Toxic relationship

iammmartina_'s review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Infertility, Miscarriage, Torture, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Confinement and Medical content

briochebun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

4 out of 5 ☆’s.

”Then the storm broke, and the dragons danced.”

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If I’m being honest — I’m not quite sure how to approach this review of ”Fire & Blood” since it reads as more of a historical text at times rather than a traditional novel — but I will say that I enjoyed learning more about House Targaryen & I also thoroughly enjoyed the art that accompanied the text!

It was frustrating at times — not getting the truth of the tale — but I do understand that approach from GRRM.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement

starredbyalice's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

too many names of too many stupid ass men causing too many goddamn problems. there is a reason that the women in this book are superior and it is simply because they aren't men. so fuck

viserys i, maegor i, criston cole, daemon targaryen, jaeherys i, aegon ii, aemond, unwin peake, rogar baratheon, otto hightower, androw farman, blood, cheese,

and more 🥰. 
also srs time, the book is good, but it got docked .75 for being confusing bc of all of the names (and lack of a map) and the other 1.25 for the misogyny, racism, and pedophilia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Genocide, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Slavery

orndal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative fast-paced

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

4.0

I still dont give a shit about pyke and the iron islands

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Incest, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism