Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

325 reviews

thisislaura's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

Oof, first I love/hated it, then I couldn’t put it down, then I was like “This better have a happy ending Susanna Clarke!” Then I was really taken with how beautiful it was. Excellent writing and all the feels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

tifftastic87's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Piranesi lives in what he calls "the House" collecting data and making notes. There is no one living with him, just the Other, who visits twice a week and asks questions. One of these questions is strange and Piranesi starts looking back over his data and everything starts slowly coming to light. 

The story was definitely slow, atmospheric and mysterious. We only find things out as Piranesi does and are just as confused as he is most of the time. I honestly didnt put it together until near the end and was so pleased with it. 

Another "just vibes" book but any attempt at describing vibes would spoil the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, and Gun violence

Minor: Excrement

fulltime_movieaddict's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Deportation, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

ankiaisreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Murder, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Death, and Confinement

seasonedreadings's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Confinement

richter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

Minor: Body horror

maddiearthur's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Trafficking

chwinters's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Slavery, and Confinement

paniquemecanique's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.75

I have never ever read a book like this before. If you ate trying to challenge you but you don't want something hard to get into, this is perfect. The story and the world are immersive, and you are not bored once because the personnality of the main character is infectious. We discover everything with him which makes it easy to follow. The story unfolds itself to be creept, dark, surprising and gloomy  when you least expect it. It is impossible to describe. Simply read it. 
Btw if you grew up reading the chronicles of narnia, this is just a perfect adult version.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

katieduffy151's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

A gripping novel, weird at first but embrace the weirdness and you will be rewarded!! There's a mystery that slowly becomes unravelled. Would highly recommend although it's not my usual genre. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Confinement