Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall

8 reviews

flaminggecko's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Body horror, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Animal death, Classism, and Suicide

Minor: Blood, Cursing, Classism, Death of parent, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

Unreliable narrator, reality called into quest, inte se doubt

amjz's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Dark and mysterious gothic horror with a strong heart (and bones and shadows.) The Harrow House, the woods, the witch will live with me for some time. The mysteries in the book had me captivated, and the truth unfolded in a way that felt like I was uncovering it myself - the truth had always been there it was just hard to see. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, Classism, Child death, and Confinement

czoltak's review

dark 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

3.0

My least favorite from this author so far. The premise and initial set up were super intriguing, but after that it got super repetitive, confusing, and boring. Also that ending was absolutely not for me. I can tell there are people who will love and really vibe with this, I’m just unfortunately not one of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Murder, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

bekah1210's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence, Child death, and Confinement

Minor: Suicide and Homophobia

lilifane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

What a pleasant surprise, I didn't expect to love this book so much. 
This is a creepy, atmospheric gothic haunted house story with queer representation, really good themes and a satisfying ending. There are not many of those out there. 
Although it's YA, it's also very dark. It deals with violence against girls, and there is gore. I would recommend for the upcoming spooky season, if you haven't read it yet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Murder, Gore, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

jjames_mal's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

This YA horror follows a girl who has a very particular and dark past, who gets the chance to inherit a mansion and millions of dollars if she stays there for a year, but more than that she gets answers.

I just read this book in one sitting and I’ve completely forgot how to describe anything. The plot is good, the writing is beautiful, the hardback has stained my fingers blue after not putting it down for hours. I think describing it as a horror doesn’t do it justice as it’s also very speculative fiction and doesn’t focus so much on some gory details as the otherworldly weight of it all. I would recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Confinement and Alcoholism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

kswartz's review

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Child death

bookishsapphicshay's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Grief, Child death, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Homophobia, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Misogyny