Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Stillwater Girls by Minka Kent

5 reviews

lizzyspooks's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Death

Minor: Murder

flordemaga's review against another edition

emotional 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

1.75

One of the twists is too obvious. Which would be fine if it wasn’t one of the main sources of suspense. For an allegedly suspenseful book, it can really get quite boring. 

But worst of all, I don’t think this author understands mental illness well enough to write a book so focused on it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Grief, Mental illness, Confinement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Murder and Medical trauma

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Trafficking, Infertility, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Murder, Addiction, Car accident, Child death, Drug use, Child abuse, Death, and Toxic relationship

danilee4's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

lovelydeadgirl's review against another edition

mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Infertility