Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag

4 reviews

knels813's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Self harm, Excrement, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child abuse

anne_marie_samp's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a hard book, dark, disturbing in a number of ways. People do dark things, some to survive, some because they can. 

Not an easy read, but I do now know more about the Russo-Swedish war, the Swedish royal family, and Stockholm in the 1790s - which is enough for me to know that I am very glad not to have lived in Stockholm in the 1790s. 

Good book, well told, but definitely need something lighter now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

wendel's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Extreem plastisch beschreven historische horror. De gruwelijke details blijven je achtervolgen en - net als de karakters in het boek - krijg je de neiging een stevige borrel te pakken om alle narigheid weg te spoelen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gore, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol

hanarama's review

Book at a Glance: 
Multi POV 
1793 Stockholm
Mystery thriller 
CW: extreme body horror, extreme physical and mental abuse, medical trauma, medical content, injury detail, abelism 

More extreme and bleak in its depictions of gore an human cruelty than I want to engage with. I'm not usually squeamish in regards to true crime or medical content, but I found the descriptions in this book to be very vivid. The mood of this book honestly made it hard for me want to press on. As such, I'm calling it quits. 

I'm sure others will enjoy this book, but I just found it to be too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail