Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

36 reviews

thedinosaurkid's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

A good book!
It has all the good mystery traits of his previous book (7 ½ deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle) but with more paranormal-esque things.
Not my cup of tea, but still  excellent!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Slavery, Excrement, Alcohol, and War

esme_may's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This was so much better than I was expecting! I wouldn’t have picked this up if I hadn’t got a copy for free but I might read Turton’s other book now. I’d recommend reading this when you have a bit of time on your hands because of the slow pacing: I took it on holiday and it was great for that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

kaylamoran's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Stuart Turton is an auto-buy author for me now.  I loved this almost as much as I loved Evelyn Hardcastle.  Arent and Sara were both very interesting main characters and I loved following them while they investigated the whole thing.  By the end of the story I still had absolutely no idea if the devil was real and who was pulling it off.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Confinement

selenatothemax's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and War

genny's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

3.0

I finished this quite a while ago so I can't say much other than it was...okay. I found it slow and a bit of a chore to get through, even though I liked Arent and Sara. For some reason it didn't really feel like a mystery? The reveal was a bit confusing, I just remember that I ended up hating

Sammy 🙄 Him trying to joke around after revealing everything pissed me off

. Haha. I currently have Evelyn Hardcastle on loan from the library so hopefully I'll like that better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement

laurataylor's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

horationelson's review

mysterious slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Confinement, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

jazhandz'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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Rape

shinsoukoku's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail

set in the medieval era, there is a brief scene of sara having to fulfill her "obligations" with her abusive husband and multiple threats of assault leading up to a character suggesting they, the men, use the women of the ship as they wish, willing or not.

saffire_sky's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail