Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Le Livre de Koli by M.R. Carey

8 reviews

geekmom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

This book was fresh and original and completely sucked me in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

directorpurry's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia and Medical content

szuum's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Transphobia

aralakh's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism

Minor: Transphobia

courtsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Minor: Incest, Infertility, and Transphobia

maddiebusick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

bookswithjk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

The story starts off slow, but once you become accustomed to the language, the pacing really picks up. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Transphobia, and Cannibalism

jessd47's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism