Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Voices in the Snow by Darcy Coates

5 reviews

kaneebli's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, and Vomit

madmadmaddymad's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The first half was chilling and atmospheric, mysterious in a “What’s-Up-With-Dorran” kind of way. I thought I was reading Misery by Stephen King. 

The second half was completely off the rails. Bonkers. Very fun and unexpected horror. Resident Evil Village vibes. I wish that villain had been around for more of it, she was great! 

Definitely not what I was expecting, but definitely a worthwhile read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, and Classism

judassilver's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

spines's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5

no real spoilers but ymmv:

spooky and grim, a fun romp. starts out more eerie and gothic (think haunting of hill house or yellow wallpaper) but ends action-packed and intense (think until dawn)

lots of questions were left unanswered which is a bit unsatisfying but also it makes sense for there to be no answer so I'm not going to lose sleep over it. 

dorran is a fairly chill guy, a bit awkward, a bit ominous at first, but overall more of a woobie than anything. clare has final girl energy but her execution doesn't always hit the mark. they were a fun pair to read about and their relationship developed really realistically (though it wasn't very exciting)

it was a good book so I'm probably going to read the next one in the series at some point, but I'm not necessarily hooked enough to start reading it right now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Car accident

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Murder

rwasher722's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

The flaws of the main characters are in a way very emphasized in this book because they are in situations that cause them to be vulnerable and in situations that they don’t really know how to handle or respond to. This should definitely be a movie 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

One of the character’s parents was emotionally abusive to them growing up but there isn’t direct emotional abuse in the plot