Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Sphere by Michael Crichton

10 reviews

mrsori's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

dezaraemd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Grief

ekcd_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

xavier_yates's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Racism and Sexism

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

2.75

plot: ¼
prose: ¼
pace: ¼
main character: ¼
side characters: 0
setting: ½
concept: ¼
ending: ¼
entertainment value: ½
vibes: ¼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Sexual content, Excrement, and Vomit

fatfatrat's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Violence and Gaslighting

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, and Medical content

toto8's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Violence and Gaslighting

Minor: Racism

ak97x's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

Lots of female characters. <most of them die> Unusual setting, sometimes far too dense psudeo-scientific explanation. Crichton does his homework, but let's be honest... the theories of relativity begin to dilute the story line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm and Sexism

Nudity

thebooknookreviews's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

mar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

2.0

a really cool concept that slowly devolves into a racist+sexist shitshow. i am truly blown away by how fucking horrendously the one black character+the one female character were written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Violence