Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

A Court This Cruel and Lovely by Stacia Stark

14 reviews

jaedee09's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.75

I enjoyed this book. It's a fun adventure, but reminded me of other stories as well. I found the world and magic structure unique with humans also having magic. The pacing felt weird at times, such as when

three major moments happen in the span of about an hour/a walk down a hallway.

Spice was good, and the slow burn was burning. Heart fluttered several times. Some plot twists were predictable, but others weren't. I'll continue listening/reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit

cassandramt17'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

So many tropes were checked off in this book.

The world building is interesting and mysterious enough that I will probably eventually continue, if only because it's an easy read with low personal stakes since I didn't really care about the characters.  The banter was amusing and the plotting was fun.  There were some pacing issues, but it was kind of necessary plot-wise so I'm not bothered by it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail