Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead

65 reviews

earofthedog's review

dark mysterious sad 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, and Confinement

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Infidelity

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional relaxing tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Sexism, Torture, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Violence, Sexual violence, Suicide, Rape, Self harm, Misogyny, Drug use, Sexual assault, Confinement, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence and Car accident

britnic's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Gaslighting, and Sexual violence

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I have so many feelings about this book. The beginning of the book was strong because it had a lot of tension. There was a build-up to learning about what happened to Shay, and then I felt like after she gets involved with the Paters, (which sounded kind of mispronounced from a Latin standpoint in the first part of the audiobook) the tension is just lost. The meetings can't be portrayed as super terrifying

if really nothing bad happens to Shay and she can escape all the time. Also what the hell was up with her getting the brand?

I feel like the violence got normalized to the reader because it was just more and more meetings. I did want to stop reading it a few times because the misogynistic language from The Bad Guys was too much. I also thought, and this felt confirmed by the author being an academic, that there were some Big Ideas about Feminism that were tried to be explored, but it felt heavy-handed and not concrete. Also, I really wanted to like Jamie, but I felt

not great about him from a reporter-is-exploiting-trauma standpoint and also that Shay seemed in no healthy mental state to be having a sexual relationship.

I feel like the reflections on the past had a lot of promise as a plot, but I started feeling lost as current events happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Blood, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Gore, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Big alert - this has a lot of violence against women, misogynistic language, and sexual violence, so it's a rough time.

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Confinement, Murder, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Suicide, Torture, and Trafficking

midnightgremlin's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Confinement, Death, Grief, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

bookzplz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

this was so close to being 5⭐️ for me. i think the only thing holding me back from rating it 5⭐️ was the pacing at the beginning. but it quickly ramped the fuck up. 

this book was TWISTY. i never knew what was happening next.

the laurels?! the cops?! the GOVERNOR?!!!! it was so twisty i was so scared that jaime was gonna like betray her at the end.

nothing could have made me happier than how it ended. 

also i definitely thought jaime was gay at first bc, for me, 90% of the people from hs i willingly talk to now, are queer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Confinement, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment

ksamaine95's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

WHOA. Is it appropriate to say that I loved something so dark and painful and horrific?
 Five starssss. Couldn’t put it down. 

Absolutely not for the faint of heart. Please check the content warnings! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Death, Torture, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Murder, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Self harm, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

zarakoconnor's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing thriller. Could not stop reading. Made a fantastic audiobook. Story was twisty and dark and the perfect amount of fiction and commentary on feminism and gender roles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Misogyny, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Blood, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Kidnapping, and Torture

aesa1993's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape