Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

15 reviews

teri_b's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Steeped deeply in Irish myth and folklore, the book is also a retelling of the six swans fairy tale.

As always Juliet Marillier dazzles with her representation of the uncanny, the subconscious, the unconscious and weaves it into a harsh but in the end rewarding tale of a family being torn apart where the sister and her six brothers have got to find if they have it in and amongst themselves to mend what has been broken by others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

hurricanyounot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I'd sell BOTH my kidneys if it meant I got to read this for the first time again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Confinement, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Blood, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Incest

MAJOR Content Warnings: In chapter 6,

Sorcha is brutally raped at 14 years old.

Minor Warning Explanation: This story takes place in a time when people got married MUCH earlier in life, and, for those in higher positions in power, would often marry cousins. There is also a pregnant side character.

accidentalspaceexplorer's review against another edition

4.5

I didn't realize that this was a retelling, which was a pleasant surprise! I ended up quite enjoying this, although the romance wasn't as strong as I wanted it to be. Very atmospheric, and very tense in the end even though I knew it couldn't end awfully. I would check the content warnings though, it got heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

jo_d's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Zoomed through reading this book, excellent story but very few happy moments

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Rape, and Vomit

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Blood, Colonisation, War, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicide

jennaem27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Ohhh boy, where to begin? I found this whole book completely frustrating. Never mind the main character is SA’d and the response to that is basically “you’re not the first and won’t be the last, get over it” What?!?! And when Sorcha finally does complete her task her brothers are ungrateful assholes and are confusing protectiveness with arrogance. The only thing I liked about this book was was Sorcha and Red’s relationship. But everything else was horrible, couldn’t stand the amount of dicks in this book, and honestly I was so done that I couldn’t make myself read the last 10 pages. Very disappointing considering the good things that was said about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

Minor: Pregnancy

deathmetalpainter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Confinement, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, and Death of parent

pennym_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

an incredible retelling. my only complaint is the large and unnecessary age gap between the main character and the love interest. if that hadn't been there it would have easily been 5 stars, perfection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Animal death, Confinement, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexism, Vomit, Rape, and Violence

katiemcgregor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

Wow. I just realized that this one has been sitting on my TBR for 7 years.

Daughter of the Forest is filled with atmosphere and slow building. This book takes it's time in everything it does and finds a beautiful rhythm within itself. While the Six Swansfairytale, is not original to this book, Marillier tells it in a way that makes it feel new, yet faithful to the source material. If you're to read any retelling of the story, this one is a great place to start.

Marillier's ability to craft her characters had me feeling their every pain (which there is a lot of) and basking in every joy. She does an incredible job of cultivating palpable relationships between the characters, which I imagine to be especially tricky since our main character, Sorcha, is mute for the majority of the book.

The other thing I'm especially impressed with is how the main villain of this book was portrayed. In some ways he was a bit of a caricature, but I honestly can't complain because Marillier made him so easy to hate.

Daughter of the Forest is a must read for lovers of slow burn and folklore. The Celtic setting is completely immersive and the storytelling is timeless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Animal death, Confinement, and Vomit

Minor: War

juliarchetype's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Confinement, Torture, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

btrz7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Violence, and Xenophobia