Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

23 reviews

surdiablo's review

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

2.0

'Interesting' subversion of a classic story with snarky humor. Made me chuckle sometimes but also became too repetitive, which I guess is unavoidable considering how the story has to progress. Felt like nothing special overall, but the ending wasn't what I expected and it seemed rather morbidly funny, especially the nice little touch on the last page. Overall, it was just okay...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

essjay's review

fast-paced

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

4.5

I bounced p hard off Gideon the Ninth, and was worried I wouldn't like this either, but it was entirely captivating and I read it in one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Confinement

tostita's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

2.0

I loved the first half of this book, which made the ending all the more disappointing. 

What’s good: the voice, the wit, the scenario, the narration

What’s bad: Floralinda does not become empowered to be her real self; rather, she is broken and hardened by events into someone who is no more, and perhaps far less, her “real” self than the spoiled princess she started as. In the end she has become someone who turns to violence first, regardless of need, who now willingly upholds the same violent institution that imprisoned her in the first place. I also am not at all comfortable with the implication that one cannot be a girl and also be strong, or damaged, or anything less than softly pretty and meek, and that being tough and deviating from mainstream beauty standards makes one a “monster.” And then there is the uncomfortable incident where Floralinda forces agender Cobweb to choose whether to be a boy or a girl. I assumed the book would circle back around to that by the end and correct things, but it never did. 

This book started off so well. I wish it hadn’t let me down in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide

sofipitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-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

4.5

This was fun and entertaining 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Animal death, and Confinement

andloveistoolong's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship

alwaysshure's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Confinement

Minor: Transphobia

Transphobia:

one character explicitly says they are neither a boy or girl, but is then referred to by another character as a girl for the rest of the book. (The other character "decides" they are a girl)

bfab's review

adventurous funny 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: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

kell_xavi's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

2.0

This is a difficult book to find a copy of, but it’s fairly easy to search up a PDF. I wasn’t that impressed with it, however, on the emotional/character development level or in terms of fight scenes. I’m not certain why Muir included so many monsters only to breeze past most of them. It’s a fun read, but not satisfying for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide and Vomit

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Violence

spiderwitch's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Violence