Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

58 reviews

phvntom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and War

Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Body horror, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Animal death, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, War, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

infjkiki's review

adventurous emotional inspiring tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, War, Violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship

chiar_'s review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Confinement

Minor: Torture

the_bees_books's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

For those who like twisted fairytales, this unique take of Persian myths follows a princess who is poisonous to the touch, a roguish guard who seems too good to be true, and a snarky moth demon.
Believe me, this YA morally grey, but actually done well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Religious bigotry, Chronic illness, and Confinement

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Outing

Minor: Abandonment

mrsjoellebell's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Violence, Abandonment, and Death

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

lanid's review

adventurous mysterious

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Body horror, Biphobia, Violence, and Toxic relationship

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I thought this was interesting, and I really liked the love triangle. I can't believe I spent my young adult years reading about stupid boys when I could have read about awesome women. More women with powers pleaseeee.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Violence, War, Bullying, Gore, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Blood

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Murder, and Sexual content

kimseokjinschild's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

💫Plotline was very interesting and different, I like the fantasy element. 

💫Takes on a modern take including topics like LGBTQ. 

💫Resonated with character in some part,  e.g. searching for feeling of belonging. 

📈Female lead was annoying, she was incredibly indecisive and lacked will power to think. 

📈She was made weak for character development, but she was made TOO weak. There were times she could have done more, but she didn't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Toxic relationship

Minor: Torture

deerlybeloved's review

dark inspiring tense 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

4.25

Girl, Serpent, Thorn is a beautiful take on finding oneself and embracing what hurts us as much as it makes us who we are. It takes a girl with a horrid curse, and shows us what happens when you dissect that curse and how one can claim their own tragedies and make them into what they want; something miraculous.

Sapphic, chilling, and wonderful, I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to see a beautiful cast of Persian-inspired mythos, and feel a tension and edge-of-your-seat suspense that is rarely found.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Blood, Sexism, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Themes of murder, imprisonment, forced confinement, torture, and so much more are used in this book to express the lengths of cruelty of some of the characters.