Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

A Quinta by Joanne Ramos

8 reviews

mondovertigo's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, and Abortion

Minor: Animal cruelty and Vomit

sarahb919's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Masterfully written. I couldn’t put the book down! I loved all of the main characters but was a bit conflicted by the character Ate though that may be due to Jane’s POV and her suspicions about her cousin. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infertility, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

fbzreadswhatever's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Dementia, and Abortion

badvision's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infertility, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Abortion

epellicci's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

Complicated, unsettling, and fraught. In a lot of ways The Farm remined me of The Handmaids Tale. It tells the story of Jane, a young  Filipino mother who winds up working as a surrogate mother for the rich clients of an organisation that controls and manipulates her life. Both uncomfortable and a complete page-turner, it discusses race, women's rights, class and power in equal measure and encourages its readers to really engage with the characters. An excellent read.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abortion and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, and Terminal illness

sderrig's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Infertility, Sexual content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

canadabooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

mmatti300's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

The blurb gave the whole plot away, which was really frustrating. I found myself waiting for key parts of the blurb to happen (even up to the last page ugh). I think this book was better than I had anticipated based on some other reviews; however, the end and the unfortunate way that the blurb gave so much away really made it a meh book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Abortion