Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones

8 reviews

amy_reading_23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

This was a fun book. It was refreshing to read a fantasy based off of Welsh mythology. I actually really liked the protagonist and thought she was cool. There were a few twists I didn't expect. I would have liked to have gone more into the lore and world of the fey and feel like the plot probably could have slowed down for that. But it was an enjoyable fast read. 

I really liked the ex girlfriend character at first but then felt she got a little wet and not as cool as she originally was which is a shame. It would have been possible to make her both care and be badass. I feel like more time could have been spent on this character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, War, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

beholderess's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Child death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

Just not feeling it right now, plus I have other books I need to get to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Torture, and Violence

abbyschalupa's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Enjoyable, but fell flat. Simplistic writing, flat characters, had little invested in the story. Ended up skimming and skipping entire areas due to boredom. The end was good, but the pace until then was slow. The characters were under developed and bland. Felt more juvenile with its writing

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Blood, Confinement, Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Colonisation, Child abuse, Classism, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Body horror, and Violence

caidyn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

While I didn't love this as much as The Bone Houses, this was still a magical, Welsh-inspired tale. I really enjoyed the three main characters. Their backgrounds felt deep without them being explored in a ton of depth. Overall, a very good read that's just a little bit creepy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death

sunrae_booknook's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

Magic corgi on an oceans 11 / six of crows heist  where the MC doesn’t lose their powers at the end? Hell yes! Bi rep so natural it had me weeping to see. Like hell yes to see characters like me just accept sexuality without addressing it or making a huge fuss over it. No surprise or second guessing. Loved that aspect so much. Only reason I took a half star off was for the predictable plot twist but I was so throughly enjoying the read that I didn’t even mind that I figured it out so far in advance.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Child abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Classism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Blood

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

Thank you to Hachette Audio and Netgalley for an ALC of this book.

Mer is the last living water diviner, and she is on the run from the prince that wants to control her. But when she runs into an opportunity to bring down the prince who hurt her--and runs into a fae-cursed boy she feels a connection with--Mer does everything she can to be free.

This book was so good! Mer is a FANTASTIC main character. I love her. I love her relationships with the people around her and her struggles and her magic and everything about her. I also love Fane. He is mysterious and soft and bad-ass. And there is a CORGI. A MAGICAL CORGI. So like...obviously I loved this.

ELJ's writing is fantastic as always and the world-building is lush and magical and subtle and wonderful. I want more from this world and I want more stories about Mer and Fane and MAGICAL CORGI!!!!

Did I mention there is a magical corgi?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, and Violence

Moderate: War, Murder, Blood, Physical abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Child death, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts