Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

A Court This Cruel and Lovely by Stacia Stark

14 reviews

ripxreads's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Confinement and War

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This was okay. The writing was pretty bad, the plot predictable, and the characters underdeveloped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Suicide attempt, and War

gabs_parr's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and the concept of it and I’m excited for the rest of the series. I love the characters and how they’ve been developed and fleshed out so far. My only real criticism so far has been the actual world building and descriptions of what it means to be a hybrid… like what is a hybrid. WHO is a hybrid? How does one become a hybrid or how do you identify a hybrid? Are they a hybrid because one parent is fae and one is human? Or are they hybrid because both of their parents are hybrids? Or would both of those scenarios result in hybrid offspring? What is so special about being hybrid? I feel like I blacked out and totally missed every detail that had to do with hybrids and then came to and was supposed to know what was going on and I’ve been trying to play catch up ever since. There are some details with the King that are confusing as well but I won’t go into details to avoid spoilers. I wish this series was more popular so I could ask someone questions without spoiling the series for myself. I tried to go online for answers, but I couldn’t really find much. Overall, I’m hoping the world building will just start making more sense as book 2 goes on. But I loved the characters and their relationships. Excited to see how book 2 unfolds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

marlenareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and War

avacyn731's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

druzyquartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

carol_marie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Grief

knottygeek's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The first half with the mercenary group was great and I loved it. The second half of the hook felt like a lot of almost too convenient things were put into place for the FMC. The end got predictable as well as some of the ending plot twists. Overall though wasn't a bad read and I plan on reading the next in the series asap.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Torture, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Medical content, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

dxisymitch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

altarbunny's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Super enticing read. I loved the fact that when the love interest separated the MC actually performed and executed a plan. The romance was definitely in the back burner until about 80% of the way through the book. My biggest peeve was that the clothing descriptions lacked and what I imagined(especially court attire) was impossible to execute some scenes in. I loved the dialogue and the plot and was kept on the edge of my seat for most of the book. People who enjoy series like ACOTAR would likely love this, although I wish a different title would have been chosen. I get that they’re trying to get Maas readers, but the court scenes was less than 50% of the book, and I feel like this book could easily stand on its own against ACOTAR. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault