Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell

6 reviews

rorikae's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

'What Stalks Among Us' by Sarah Hollowell is an exceptional, creepy story about two teenagers trapped in a corn maze. 
Sadie and Logan skip out on their class trip to the amusement park and decide to drive through the countryside instead. When they find a corn maze, they decide to check it out. But the corn maze appears far bigger than it looked from the outside and then corpses begin showing up, corpses that look a lot like them. What is truly going on in this corn maze and will they ever be able to get out? 
Hollowell has crafted a near perfect book that delves into a myriad of topics through a horror-filled corn maze. Sadie and Logan are easy to sympathize with as we slowly come to know them through their interactions with and reactions to what they find in the maze. Hollowell creates an underlying simmer of tension and mystery that carries the story through each twist and turn. As we learn more about the maze and our protagonists, the tension continues to increase. Without spoiling anything, Hollowell discusses some difficult subjects through the maze in a thoughtful and fascinating way. The audiobook narration was great and I highly recommend that experience. If you are looking for a creepy YA novel that delves into friendship, abuse, and creating your own future, then please pick up 'What Stalks Among Us.' 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Miscarriage

sierrabowers's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was a very cool but also very confusing read. It was like Maze Runner met Children of the Corn. If you like fantasy, thrillers, and time traveling, this could be the book for you! It also includes LGBTQ+ characters but that isn’t their entire personality which I think is nice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

aceofknaves88's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Blood

ollieworm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

What a TRIP! This was so compelling and weird and I had to keep reading to figure out wtf was happening

I really appreciated how it approached teen dating violence in an approachable and age appropriate way 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Abandonment, and Classism

elizabethwebb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder