Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Extasia by Claire Legrand

13 reviews

abookishwasp's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This had all the ingredients to make a perfect book, a book that I would be obsessed with, but for some reason I did not become absolutely obsessed with it. I went into it completely blind, no knowing what it was about and I was pleasantly surprised by all the elements of the story, normally I absolutely devour stories like these, but there's something I cannot put my finger on about this book that made me not enjoy it as much.

 I am not sure if it's the writing or the characters or the pacing or the narrator of the audiobook. None of these particularly put me off but at the same time none of them were able to grab my attention and keep me interested. My favourite part about this is the story itself as a whole, the concept and the setting, which is very atmospheric. Also towards the end the story took a turn that I did not quite expect that kind of left me dumbfounded and it just didn't really seem to fit with the vibe while it did make sense. 

Overall it was an okay book but it lacked something for me. I would however recommend it if you enjoyed "The Year of the Witching" by Alexis Henderson and the tv show Salem.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death, Body horror, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement and Sexual assault

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Thank you Epic Reads for the gifted ARC.

Although the writing style is lyrical and poignant and visceral, the quantity of triggering material outweighed my enjoyment of the book. Perhaps the intent was to give women a revenge fantasy, and I understand the appeal… but framing it in a world that is so horrible to women just made reading it somewhat of a slog because horrific things continued happening to Amity/Rage and the other protagonists for so much of the book.

Specifically, content includes religious/patriarchal cult trauma, attempted rape, implied past rape, frequent physical abuse, gaslighting, explicit violence/gore/body horror, and death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Gore

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Confinement

dernhelms_bag's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-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

5.0

GUTTING-I can't wait for the finished version but loved the ARC! Zero regrets about placing a pre order every time Legrand announces a new book coming out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Racism

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