Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

91 reviews

kailanlovescats's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

The first 20% of the book is fairly slow as it's setting up a mysterious otherworld. As mysteries start to emerge and unfold, it became impossible to put down and i ended up finishing the majority of it in a day!

This really wasn't at all anything what I expected the book to be. I'm so happy I went in fairly blind with this one as I was right along Piranesi in trying to uncover the truth of his life.

Despite the content warning tags, overall this book was so beautiful and mostly lighthearted. The way Piranesi revered the world in which he lived was like a breath of fresh air.

thank GOD he didnt die T.T

Even the aspects of death/remains in this book are treated with care and respectfulness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death and Slavery

Minor: Gun violence, Excrement, and Vomit

lonelylooper's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Dementia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Slavery, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

kendrashea's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Kidnapping

scurvotron's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Brilliant. If you're interested in this book at all, go get it as soon as you can. Go in completely blind. Don't even read the blurb.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Slavery and Kidnapping

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Slavery, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence and Violence

maiasnowdrop's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

akardian's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

This is a beautifully written book. A lot of space is spent describing the physical space, which you’re seeing through the innocent eyes of the main character. The book was very strange, not in a negative way but I certainly haven’t read another book like it. While it turns into a sort of mystery story, I think the prose would make the book enjoyable on a second read even if you know the plot. Vibe wise I would say it’s similar to the show The OA. 
I think you would not like this book if you desire world building, a fast pace, a plot focused book, or a diverse set of characters. I would also advise to look at the trigger warnings (while not major themes of the book, there’s talk of mental health breakdowns, violence, cult activity, abusive mentor/mentee relationships). 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

circehighgarden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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

4.0

The description was too much for me. It was a short novel compared to what I am used to reading, but it really felt so long. I think it's because it was dragged with excessive descriptions of every hall, etc. Surprisingly, I still enjoyed it. Despite the verbosity, the story's underlying charm managed to captivate my interest. 

One thing I am certain is that Matthew Rose Sorensen was robbed of his life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

lola218_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Dementia, Grief, and Murder

ebp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail