Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

2 reviews

katiekeske's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

This was a painfully slow and frustrating read. This is my first book by this author, so I don't know if this is just her style or the fact that it's from the 90s, but it did not need to be so long. Very repetitive with info, dialogue, etc. 

I usually enjoy time travel stories, but I found it hard to even believe the premise of this one. An undergrad student is approved to go on a solo time travel mission to a time that has been off limits up until this point? Just because she's a top student? I feel like this author doesn't have any actual experience with academia. I just couldn't fathom this actually happening despite how the author tries to explain the situation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit and Sexual harassment

The main character is not abused but sees other characters suffer.

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Car accident, Murder, and Pregnancy