Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry

4 reviews

crazybooklady89's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

5 stars because this book broke me. It is not often that a book brings me to actual tears, but this one certainly did. I could feel Adrianne’s pain…so raw and deep and moving. So many trigger warnings for this one, so please read with caution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Self harm, Suicide, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Child abuse, Bullying, Grief, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Vomit, and Violence

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad 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

4.25

I can understand based on the contents of this book and what it tackles why someone would rate this poorly. I kind of went in blind (I didn't know much about what the book was about); I just read it on a whim. I think the author did a good job of handling the sensitivity of the topic without making it seem like she was romanticizing the perpetrator. I found myself feeling sympathy for both parties (more so the girls). I'm not going to lie getting insight into Noah's feelings about children did make me grimace and angry, but I couldn't help but have a tad bit of sympathy for him because no one hates himself more than Noah does. Also, at first, I understood where the mom was coming from, she just wanted to protect her son, but I really don't think she understood the severity of what her son had done which is why I completely understand why some would find her annoying (the dad was no better in my opinion). The ending and what happens still leaves me conflicted. 

I don't condone the mom helping her son die (in the eyes of the law, that's 1st-degree murder), however, I completely get what she did it. Mercy killings (I think that's what they're called) are very complicated to me when faced with those scenarios. It really shows you how everything isn't so black and white.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Suicide, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Vomit, Confinement, Cursing, and Medical content

Minor: Murder, Abandonment, and Outing

lovelydeadgirl's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pedophilia

morgansb's review

challenging dark 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

4.0

This was in incredibly  challenging and difficult read. This family dynamic was truly unsettling, and watching how they're reckoning with this traumatizing and life altering revelation. The ending fell very flat, and I didn't enjoy the sort of "gotcha" at the end. The characterization of the mother was the best to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Death, Confinement, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Blood, and Alcoholism

Heavy trigger warnings on this one, features lots of themes about harm and exploitation of minors.