Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

25 reviews

greenan26's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Grief, and Confinement

Moderate: Police brutality and Death

ewinnk's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Genocide, Police brutality, Violence, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Medical trauma, Addiction, Confinement, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, and Racism

scmiller's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Animal death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Police brutality, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Medical content, and Torture

Minor: Trafficking

lindsayerin's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism and Confinement

sarahnh's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Confinement

ms_read's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Racism, Police brutality, Murder, and Alcoholism

Mentions COVID pandemic & hospitalization

feebles640's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Colonisation, Addiction, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Racism, Abandonment, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

spookily's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy

emory's review

emotional funny reflective slow-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

Some of the most completely fleshed out and realistic characters in anything I've read in recent memory. Beautiful writing and wonderful plot 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Addiction, Abandonment, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, and Police brutality

milliemillz's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Drug abuse