Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness

7 reviews

joey_paige's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Stalking, Confinement, Cursing, and Medical trauma

Minor: Murder and Rape

euphemiajo's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Pregnancy, Blood, Confinement, and Miscarriage

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Deportation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Abandonment, and Chronic illness

maggies'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A great end to the trilogy! The pace flagged a bit in the middle there, but overall, the story was just what I wanted it to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Pregnancy, Medical content, Grief, Death, Vomit, Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

artmajorese's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

I mostly picked this one up because I'm a completionist, I needed something to do on a 5-hour flight, and I had already powered through book 2. To my surprise, I enjoyed reading the book!  Expect a convoluted plot, which to me felt a little bit un-earned in its resolution. Most of the book is spent doing things OTHER than solving the central problem.  But if you can suspend your disbelief, you'll find some fun character development moments and (finally) the answer to "what's the deal with Ashmore 782?"

Heads up that the main subplot contains a lot of sexual violence, including incest and sexual violence against children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Confinement

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

beaudoindani17's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual violence, Rape, and Pregnancy

bdingz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

My favourite of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Blood

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Confinement

Minor: Rape

maddox22's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship