Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Cress by Marissa Meyer

26 reviews

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Trafficking

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Medical content, War, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, and Blood

kenna13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My favorite so far! I love love love Cinder and Kai in this book, not to mention Cress and Thorne.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Terminal illness, Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and War

Minor: Grief

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

This series gets better the more I read. I really enjoy the skeleton of fairytales but each book is really very different. I think this has been my favorite book so far and I’m excited to see what Winter will be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, War, Grief, Body horror, Bullying, Death, and Confinement

Minor: Deportation

rhaselpaq's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, and Medical content

prashiie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 "Maybe there isn't such a thing as fate. Maybe it's just the opportunities we're given, and what we do with them."

In this book we meet Cress who has been imprisoned in a satellite for 7 years. She is an extremely talented hacker and was therefore tasked to become the Queen’s hacker and spy. Now she is asked to find Cinder and her team. She is smart enough to find Cinder, but keeps it a secret from Sybil. Instead, she decides to join Cinder’s team. Carswell is tasked with bringing Cress to the Rampion and of course a lot goes wrong! There are so many things happening. Scarlet gets taken by Sybil, and Carswell and Cress get separated from the rest of the crew. It was so cute to see how Cress kept crushing on Carswell. We see how each group is struggling to survive and on the other hand we have Kai who has to prepare for his marriage to Queen Levana to save Earth.

I really liked the similarities with Rapunzel. Cress has long hair and Carswell gets blinded just like the prince in Rapunzel. And I was shocked to find out more about Dr. Erland. 

The story was very intense but I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Xenophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

le3713's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

High stakes continue in this book, which sets up the finale! This one wasn't my favorite, in part because the audio narrator's voicing of Cress made her irritating to me. I really enjoyed Cinder's development, and the last quarter of the book in particular.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Confinement

sweetjuly_src's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping, Medical content, War, Torture, and Suicide

psliz's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.5

felt like a catch-up book with everyone trying to reunite but i did enjoy the romance

Spoiler

(if you ignore the uncomfortable and unnecessary age gap)

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Torture, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Ableism, and Kidnapping

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence and Blood

no_u14's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Medical content, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide and War

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis