Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens

48 reviews

mxpringle's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Violence, Death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Confinement, and Racism

lanid's review against another edition

mysterious reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

keliza23's review

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Sexism, Misogyny, Classism, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Slavery, Sexual content, Injury/injury detail, Car accident, Grief, and Death of parent

cdt96's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Fantastic book, the only issue is how the black characters have been portrayed as stereotypical archetypes. This added with the controversy surrounding the author makes it lose some score for me. Ultimately though, the book is good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Rape, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Bullying, Classism, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/injury detail, Racism, and Religious bigotry

flowerowl's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

In the beginning I found it hard to get back to, but as soon as the

Spoiler

the guy was found dead

and the past and the nearer past started to intertwine it was very capturing. Normally I don't like it when story lines jump, but in this case it was very well done, even the beginning part that I found less capturing was well set up to then be able to fully invested for the rest of the book, making you think "ooh maybe he done it!". I was afraid that we whold get a unsatisfying ending, and i some ways a maybenwas ,but it was perfectly in line with how She was!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, Rape, Alcoholism, Confinement, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Death, and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs, Infertility, and Animal death

missrosymaplemoth's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Racism, Confinement, Murder, and Death

zoeelora's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Murder, and Racism

jfield351's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective relaxing medium-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

3.5

This book was very well written and easy to read.
For me, it did not live up to the hype because I was able to guess the ending quite early on. 

Spoiler

The lack of her memories about that night was very suspicious. It was also suspicious that no one else was accused. The only time I thought that maybe it wasn’t her was when the sheriff took tate away. but that was just because his father had died

. There were some very interesting facts in here, the ‘sneaky fuckers’ theory and general animal behaviour is what i am currently studying in zoology and evolution. so that was really interesting. Having been written by a zoologist was very interesting!! I also really liked the line ‘giving away another piece of herself just to have someone else’ when she laughed for chase. really hit deep.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Child abuse

Moderate: Colonisation, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Racial slurs, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Bullying, Classism, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and War

mblanke's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Minor: Hate crime, Death of parent, Confinement, and Cancer

thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted slow-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? Yes

3.75

A good and easy read, but filled with a lot of descriptions. 
  
A heart-warming and heart-breaking story of love, loss, and life.
  
Not hating on this use of a simile, but just as the marsh goes on forever on a hot sunny day, so do the author's words describing the marsh, the sea, Kya's shack, the forest, etc., which is quite a lot of the book.
  
It could also be seen as slowing the story down by using the multi-worded descriptions, as another simile as to the hot sticky summer days that seem to go slow and drag on.
  
I did enjoy the book as a whole and would recommend it as an easy read, a summer read, to get out of a reading rut, or just enjoy a casual read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Stalking