Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Fractured by Karin Slaughter

6 reviews

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Classism, Excrement, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Incest, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual content

hauntedantiqueshop's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Meh, I liked it better than the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Transphobia, and Pregnancy

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

This second book was the first episode of the TV series, but there were many digressions, and the characters that seemed so perfectly cast in the first book were also quite different in this second one. I can appreciate both for their similarities and variances. It’s like two for one in the entertainment value - like so many what if tropes. I think I’ll stop comparing the two with the third book and simply enjoy the book for what it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Addiction, and Bullying

missmichalalynn's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

surprise the teacher had a little girl fetish and convinced the copy guy to help him. interested to see how will handles having a partner for the long term

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Blood, and Torture

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Confinement

susysstories's review against another edition

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

3.5

No very big surprises imo. I hadn’t thought of Warren as an accomplice, but wasn’t very surprised either, it just didn’t do much for me. Though I understand Evan having power over Warren, I don’t get the setup of this crime. It also doesn’t fit Evan’s MO. He’s a molester, not a kidnapper. How and why Kayla was involved didn’t become clear either.
Someone (Victor) or a scene made intentionally creepy to set us on the wrong foot is completely fine with me, I actually like that, WHEN followed by a twist/surprise. Which wasn’t the case in this book. I’m always looking for the character mentioned in the beginning and then never again so we’d forget about them, who ends up being the culprit. 
So yeah, I found the book a page turner but the end didn’t satisfy me.. Because it was a real page turner, I’m still giving it 3.5 stars but definitely not as enjoyable as Triptych, though as I said in that review, I didn’t find that ending very surprising either, all the surprises were in the first half of the book…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Body horror, Confinement, Sexual violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

jackbifrost's review

dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Stalking, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Death, Confinement, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Bullying, Infidelity, and Sexism

Minor: Abortion and Transphobia