Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

18 reviews

naomi_k's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Mental illness, Torture, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Body horror

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

wildflower_magic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

What a captivating story! I loved the card component and it's similarities/differences to Tarot. I found the characters loveable/hateable as appropriate in the story. I loved the slow build romance but it wasn't the main focus of the book (not much spice). The magic was intriguing and I was so interested in the Nightmare. He gave Cheshire cat vibes which is my JAM. There were a few spots where descriptions were odd to me and there's a spoiler that I foun  obvious and discovered in chapter 3 that the main character didn't discover until chapter 22 so I grew a little impatient waiting for her to put the pieces together. Overall I was obsessed and read most of this in one day. I am eagerly awaiting the sequel! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Blood, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Police brutality, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Elspeth is a haunted character being played by forces out of her control in this dark and gothic novel. 
There’s fake courtship, there’s forbidden magic, and there’s twisting lore. Rachel Gillig has been able to balance the morbid and eerie with bursts of emotion that bring characters to life on the page. Also, there’s a grumpy 500-year-old monster in the mix. What’s not to love? 

If you enjoy authors like V. E. Schwab (A Darker Shade of Magic), Vanessa Len (Only a Monster), and Kristin Cashore (Graceling), you’ve found a new name to add to the collection of favourites.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

annamay1021's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Death, Blood, and Child abuse

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

5.0

Content Warnings: [straight from authors website]
Scenes of terror
General violence/gore
Child in peril
Blood
Mention of self-harm for magic
Moderate sexual content
Mention of parental neglect
Alcohol consumption

https://rachelgillig.com/2022/05/23/o...

OMG this book was phenomenal. This being Rachel's debut...I know I'm gonna be auto-buying all her work. We get magic, mystery, a lil love story, a character that gives major Tairn vibes [if you read Fourth Wing you'll know what I mean lol] and so much more!

I am so ready for October when book 2 drops! I already preordered my copy 💜 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Abandonment, Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Gore, and Confinement

robin_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

I can’t rate this book fairly. It would’ve deserved my undivided attention but dude to personal reasons I couldn’t give it that. It was still amazing and I cannot believe the cliffhanger at the end 😭 can’t be October soon enough tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping

clairew97's review

dark funny mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Medical content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual content, and Classism

saric7's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Violence, and Confinement