Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Correr o morir by James Dashner

33 reviews

alexsian29's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Like the story, don’t like the writing style. I think the fact I’ve seen the films so many times it didn’t help. Although I think the plot is good, the use of slang words was starting to send me over the edge - if I see the word “shuck” one more time, I may have to poke my eye out with a fork. Also….. telepathy????? I’m not really here for that development, so glad they didn’t include that in the films. It just seemed like a lazy plot device to make things make sense / allow Thomas to discover things whilst Theresa was still in a coma. Literally added nothing to the plot, wasn’t helped by the lack of chemistry between Theresa and Thomas. I’m sure this book would have been more suspenseful for me if i hadn’t seen the films and already knew a fair amount of the big “reveals”. Ultimately felt quite slow paced for me, I want to love it but it’s not quite there. Feel a bit indifferent but have a higher rating for the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

alalalal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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 death, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

voldycat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Vomit and Murder

Minor: Gun violence and Pandemic/Epidemic

sofiam19's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Watched the movies years ago and loved them. Reading YA as an adult is always interesting but I enjoyed it! Probably going to read the series just so it feels more complete (but I already “know” what happens due to watching the movies). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence and Violence

lacyleereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, and Death

booklov3r5019's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I. LOVED. THIS. SERIES. The only thing I will say, though, is that the first couple of chapters were a little bit slow, but once you get past those, it's GREAT. And, I really never read books that don't have at least some amount of romance in it, but this book was really good! Even though it had a little bit of it, it wasn't like it was terrible because it was barely there. I think it was a little bit refreshing, maybe, to read a book that was mainly focused just on the adventure side of it, rather than it being split between adventure and romance. But, either way, it was really good, so you should 100% read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

ironseaweed's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book out of the main three is definitely my favorite. I read these books before I watched the movies. I had a friend tell me that if you watch the movies before you read the books it’s not as enjoyable. Personally, if you enjoy books like the Hunger Games, the Divergent series, or dystopian future books in general then this is 100% a yes to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

If you dislike gore then be mindful of what your about to read

guccishoestrings's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This series is close to my heart. Middle school me was not really to interested in books (not counting manga) and this series changed that. I reread it a few years ago when the fever code came out and it  was still good but had its issues.

I would recommend this book for people who either want an easy series to digest with a few twists in the story or for middle-high school students who are interested into getting into reading or just want a cool sci-fi book to read.

If I could make a comp to this series it would be if the hunger games but more geared towards a male audience. Great series to check out.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, and Murder

throwback682's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

The main reason for my rating is that I’m pissed off that it was a cliffhanger. And the second book has a waitlist at my library. If you don’t need resolution from it I guess it’s good. I would’ve really loved it in middle school. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Confinement

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Vomit

jupitersuns's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I would have finished it in a timly manner, if it wasn't for the break room being so loud the one time I forget my head phones 🙄

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Blood

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Car accident