Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

What Lies Beyond the Veil by Harper L. Woods

3 reviews

stephanieviolet's review

By chapter 5 I was really exhausted by the repetition of: biting inside of her cheek, desperate to feel free, how dirty and worn thin her clothes are, the bruises and pain inflicted upon her by her abusers. Chapter. FIVE. It was intense. I felt like by then the plot should be moving forward but it just keep repeating the SAME PHRASES and SAME CIRCUMSTANCES to make you feel pity for the MC. By chapter five I wanted her to die to just end the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Rape, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Sexual assault

c45p1n's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

k i’m making a list

• this book is literaly acotar’s doppelgänger (derogatory) (in regards to the characters)
• very predictable
• ends on a cliff hanger (is part of a trilogy)
• tropes: fae & faeries, fated mates/soulmates, gods, betrayal, one bed trope (sorta? more of a cling-to-each-other-for-body-heat type of one bed), death is a trope., magic, strangers to lovers, (idk how to describe it but) surviving together, i hate everyone but you (male mc), grumpy x grumpier, again (bc there is so much) character death, um yeah. can’t think of anything else, OH “who did this to you” trope ON BOTH SIDES, yeah that’s abt it
• OH: it felt like a video game in the sense that you had to complete a goal and talk to someone and then just be in stasis for the rest of the story, like just the middle 150 pages were nothingness but the FMC & MMC flirting and traveling with nothing actually happening in that chuck of time. 
• same with the beginning sorta. it was just 1) the veil shattered, 2) XXX & FMC ran away, 3) 50 pages later they meet the MMC, 4) battle against the enemies, 5) the middle where literally nothing plot-heavy happens til chapter 28 
• pretty smutty tbh, not amount-wise but kink-wise
• i’m honestly kinda stumped on what to rate this but i think i’m gonna split it up then find the average and do it from there but you can just use these rates for generality
• plot: 4/10; characters: 7.5/10; smut: 7/10; monologue: 5/10, dialogue: 7/10; world-building: 8/10; fae history explanation: 8/10 (there was a glossary), character likeability: 8/10
• using my 200 dollar calculator, the mean is ≈ 7 so that’s like a 3.25 in my mind
• literally everyone died except the main character and love interest💀
• idk why but kinda reminded me of the hunger games
• read TWs before reading the book fs !!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Violence, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, War, Sexual assault, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent and Religious bigotry

bakunzi1990's review

adventurous dark 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

3.5

Well... that was one of the most intense books I've ever read. Still not sure if I like it...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and War