Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

42 reviews

kelskiiz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

soooooo good, super dark and explicit but beautifully written imagery. the way their relationship was written was one of my favourite things; not many words, tender actions, and understanding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Cannibalism, Gore, Body horror, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual assault and Confinement

maybephasing's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement

mattyb's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Gore, Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Torture, and Miscarriage

carolined314's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

Brutal, precise, haunting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Murder, Gore, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Grief, Medical content, Confinement, and Pregnancy

andromeway's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I would give this a solid 3 but the epilogue gave me what I didn't know I needed so it gained another half star. 
The language was thick and rambling. Sometimes it felt in the way of the story like I had to clear away debris to get to the main substance. I think the novella's brevity worked in its favor because the language would have been exhausting in a full novel. 
The story itself was interesting, I enjoyed the story telling. Not sure I would gravitate to this author again though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Murder

bub00w's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Body horror, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

kathleenab's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, Cannibalism, and Torture

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Medical content, Child death, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Miscarriage, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Rape, Abandonment, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

silvae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, Grief, Murder, Confinement, Cannibalism, Gore, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

gondorgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Murder, Torture, Cannibalism, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Misogyny, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting