Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Intercepts by T.J. Payne

27 reviews

gamerreaper13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

T. J Payne does an awesome job of painting such a visceral and horrifying picture of...well nothing at all! The body horror was gory and fun and the mystery aspect was absolutely amazingly paced!! Payne has a fantastic way of drip feeding the audience information and letting everything settle in, giving us the satisfaction of putting all the pieces together ourselves. 

The twist at the end had literal chills running up and down my spine as everything came together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Death of parent

theaceofpages's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I think this book can best be described as a horror in two (connected) parts: the horror Riley experiences with her grief and apparitions and the horror that the Antennas (dehumanised people that are part of a government experiment) face on a daily basis. And Joe, Riley's dad and a higher up in an antenna facility, is caught in the middle.

This book was... horrifying. Right from the start. And somehow it just managed to get worse and worse as it went on. The ways everyone's minds were being messed with and the ways that the line between reality and lies was blurred was done so well (okay, there was one scene where I was just confused about its inclusion (I literally started glancing around my room with my hands raised because it just came out of nowhere) but that's one of many). 

As the book went on and everything kept getting worse as everything ramped up again and again. I just kept feeling more and more for Riley who was innocent in it all and was just going through an all around bad time. Joes should have been there for her. She deserves so much live and therapy.  Everyone else? Yeah, they kind of sucked. Some understandably so, but I am still shocked by the amount of messed up things that happened in this book. Maybe some events were a little too convenient, but not so much that they veer into unbelievable territory. And the whole concept? Maybe the outcome of the experimentation isn't all that believable but the cruelty that lead to them actually happening is far too real.

And the ending... (not much of a spoiler but just in case)

As things started heading towards the conclusion my mind kept racing ahead due to a niggling little horrible thought in the back of my mind about where it could be going.

Overall it was so well executed. It's been a little while since I read this (I'm behind on reviews) and this one has definitely stuck with me. There are several ideas and moments that have stuck with me as if I read this yesterday. I'll be keeping an eye out for more books by this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse and Sexual content

sourpatch409's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

If I could've given this book 6 out of 5 stars, I would. Instant favorite book. SO GOOD!

If this author were to write a prequel about how Bishop became an antenna, I would buy it immediately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

narakuos's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

abelle's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence and Suicide

chickelope's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Alcohol

mary_stormageddon's review

dark tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

creatureof_nature's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Russian sleep experiment vibes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Murder

kyra_joy's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Even though a lot of the plot is fairly obvious I still loved this book, the pacing was good, the sci-fi elements were very approachable yet interesting. Though the characters weren’t really special in any way they still enjoyable to read about. Was super excited every time I picked it up to find out what happened next even when I had a good idea about what was going to happen. Definitely suggest this to horror fans especially those who love sci-fi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Medical trauma