Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Come Closer by Sara Gran

7 reviews

smalltowncreepy's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm not a huge fan of possession stories because honestly I'm tired of Christian mythology in horror but I was intrigued by this one because its in the POV of the possessed.

I'm glad I read it. 
Recommend for fans of Rosemary's Baby or people who, like me, are tired of the same possession narratives and want something new.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, and Blood

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

Dark, sick and heart breaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Homophobia, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Excrement

torismazarine's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

hellokatya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.75

this book was a really eerie quick read. really easy to digest and churn through, and held my attention the entire time. highly recommend for around halloween time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Confinement and Vomit

katiebella_reads's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

5.0

5⭐️
Amazing.  Utterly, horrifically, amazing.

A slow decent into madness........ or possession. Her husband Edward and those closest to her can't see it. Strange occurrences are written of as coincidence. Minor violent outbreaks are chalked up to stress. Somthing is going on..... dogs and small kids always know. They can't be wrong, can they?

I greatly respected the use of biblical references towards the "demon." It shows the care and research the author used when writing. Every word in this book was thought out and well placed. As a Christian, the whole thing scared me. How easily the "demon" took over. How the little clues go unnoticed and, if are noticed, are chalked up to everyday happenstance. It isn't until the entity fully took hold that the woman even noticed, and even then those closest to her dont. A gripping read in every sense of the word.

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Content Warnings

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

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rosesofthespring's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, and Classism

It's a book about demonic possession, so there are are a lot of psychosis-esque symptoms, although the main character is not actually psychotic/schizophrenic. This book may be triggering to readers with psychosis, especially those with religious delusions.