Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Pines by Blake Crouch

8 reviews

zosiablue's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

I've seen the TV version of this a couple of times through and thought it was finally time to read the books. It's such a thrilling weird sci-fi story and the payoff at the end of this first one is SO GOOD. You just don't see it coming and it gives you that same Planet of the Apes / Twin Peaks unsettling-oh-shit vibe. Drags uh some parts like the show but really really fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Car accident, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Police brutality, War, and Infidelity

awaterswadesthrough's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Police brutality, Car accident, Confinement, Violence, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Kidnapping

midwichtriffid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Kidnapping, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War

irenemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident and Death

Minor: Infidelity and Suicide

bearystarry's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? N/A

3.0

Unsure how I feel about this... and unsure if I'll continue the trilogy. Definitely fast-paced and an easy listen, but I guess it has a lot of tropes that aren't necessarily my favourite.

Spoiler

The Creatures immediately put me off and then the ending, both with the far future and Ethan taking over the sheriff job, don't really get me excited to read more. Though I am vaguely curious as to how he handles that, still no idea if I'm curious enough to continue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Police brutality, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Confinement

Moderate: War

Minor: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

astareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

When I first read this trilogy in 2016 I LOVED IT. Seven years later I've read a lot more and grown to expect a bit more from a book than toxic masculinity and fridging women, so my re-read was a hell of a letdown.

It's a shame since the premise is interesting, although The Lottery-esque setting of Wayward Pines was not believable in the least, let alone how the main character was seemingly invincible.

I might finish the trilogy again if I'm feeling masochistic enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Car accident, Death, Kidnapping, Confinement, War, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is basically a Black Mirror episode. Or a combination of several Black Mirror episodes. 
It's super fast paced, action packed, mysterious, scary, reads like a video game most of the time. 
I liked the premise, I liked the protagonist, I liked the mystery a lot! The way you don't know what is going on most of the time, was really cool. I absolutely loved the ending. And although I know it's a series, it can totally be read as a standalone. I think I even prefer it that way and don't think I will read the other books anytime soon. 
Two things that bothered me: I didn't care for the war flashbacks. I understand why they are there but I really didn't like them. And more importantly (and also the reason this isn't a 5 star for me), it was too violent. I was okay with most of the violent scenes because I get their purpose but the bonfire scene was just too much for me. It was really brutal, wish I could unread it tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Torture, and Violence