Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

13 reviews

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted fast-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: Slavery, Blood, Murder, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Gore

riv_erb's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Slavery, and Death

Minor: Confinement, War, and Fire/Fire injury

mirandyli's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

A cute fantasy novel that was a fun quick read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

akswhy's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious relaxing 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? Yes

3.5

An odd little writing style for this one, but I’m sure it served as a fun thought experiment in its process. A lovely full-circle fairy tale for adults.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Animal death, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

soggycedar's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

"I no longer have a name. I am a slave, and the name I had was taken from me. I will answer to 'hey, you!' or to 'girl!'or to 'foolish slattern!' or to many another imprecation.
Dunstan noticed how the silken fabric of her robe pressed itself against her body; he was aware of elegant curves, and of her violet eyes upon him, and he swallowed."

Very inappropriate reaction to learning that someone is enslaved.

"His hand felt her small breasts through the silk of her dress, touched the hard nubs of her nipples. She clung to him, hard, as if she were drowning, fumbling with his shirt, with his britches.
She was so small; he was scared he would hurt her and break her... had he known her name he would have called it aloud. ...He squeezed her small hand in his."

Focus is entirely on the fact that she is tiny and frail and a stranger to him.

That doesn't even include the entire premise of the book: a different man enslaving a different tiny woman, who then falls in love with him based on nothing more than his bad treatment of her, and her forced proximity to him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexism, Trafficking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Pedophilia, and Confinement

Minor: Death, Abandonment, and Pregnancy

romajstorovic's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Confinement

Minor: Slavery

philosopher_kj's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Slavery and Sexual content

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury

sinceraly's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed the book as a fun, easy read, but I do wish more was done to really develop the dynamic between Tristain and Yvaine. I also thought the ending was quite anticlimactic and convenient rather than being a proper, thought out ending to such a fun adventure. One of the few books where I think the movie adaption was better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, and Confinement

strawberrypinch's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Animal death, and Murder