Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Silk & Steel by Ariana Nash

6 reviews

freckles_13's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I’m really unsure how I feel about this book. 
It took me a while to warm up to both of them, but I feel like Lysander is the better character since he seems to be more morally grey, and he has such mixed feelings. Eroan seemed okay but felt one dimensional to me.
It only got really good around the 80% mark, but I’ll still read the sequel to see where it goes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

raintje's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia and Suicidal thoughts

bonriki's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.5

I’m enjoying the slow burn and emphasis on plot and worldbuilding but there was too much sex that slowed events down. The trauma level is also heavy handed, when the setting is already bleak you’re not adding much of value by torturing your characters anew every chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

kiikaridino's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

amybear's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Mother/son incest. The relationship between the main romance is surprisingly healthy all things considering.

queerbiblioboy's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Kidnapping