Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

24 reviews

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

jadehusdanhicks'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Dark and magical this book was filled with Middle Eastern characters, myths and magic. Zafira the hunter kills to help others live, while nasir the prince is an assassin so people die because he lives. 

When the mysterious silver witch turns up and serves a quest to save the magic that was lost when the six sisters of old fell. Journeying across the deserts and fighting monsters and darkness brings this unlikely group together with truths unexpected revealed along the way. 

The family links had me in shock as I saw none of them coming at all, as well as what seems to be a slow forming romance between our MCs. I can’t wait to see how this ends in the sequel of the duology. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

meghansarmiento97's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

bg_oseman_fan's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

i enjoyed the plot of this story and the setting felt like it’s own well developed character. that said the main characters were often the most tedious part of the story. at times, the pacing could have been better. for large parts of the story, i didn’t feel emotional connection with any of the characters save a few side characters.  the romantic subplot could have been cut entirely and the book would have benefited thereby. that said i was riveted and plan on reading the next book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Sexism, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

aas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mattyb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Abandonment

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

gabydoesgrowth's review

adventurous 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

4.5

This started off slow for me and I struggled to stay interested, but once their journey began, I was engrossed in the book. I even thought about it throughout my day when I wasn’t reading. The two perspectives were easier to follow than expected and the audiobook narrators did an amazing job. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child death and Confinement

dokushoka's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Misogyny, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Slavery, Dementia, Death of parent, and Abandonment

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book gave me strong high fantasy vibes. I spent the first while confused because so many names, nicknames, words, and languages were thrown at me and although I got more used to it as the book went on even by the end I was still confused. That’s on me I’m sure as the reader but I also didn’t enjoy the romance (either of them) or the characters, or the fight scenes.. I dunno this was a dark high fantasy but I didn’t connect to any of it and the constant pov change and many tiny chapters felt exhausting to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism