Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

14 reviews

laurenkimoto's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I do love some political intrigue fantasy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

linluvsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Fun and adventurous and well written. 
Many complex themes are explored and the perspectives of several sides are presented. This is a smart book, more than an adventurous romp (which would’ve been great as well). 
I keep telling myself not to fall into any more trilogies but then I return to fantasy and they’re inevitable… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Self harm, Kidnapping, and War

macknificent's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

3.0

It's not a great book but there was some fun to be had.  Very much high fantasy with training wheels, especially entertaining if the reader is coming from a romance background. 

I was fine with only reading one of the books until I got to the very end, now I'll need to read the next entry in the trilogy. I'm not mad it's just a rather cliche trick to pull. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, War, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Religious bigotry

kelpmattson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Violence, Medical content, and Grief