Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline

22 reviews

bucklace27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Genocide, and Torture

tales_told_in_gold's review

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pregnancy, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Cannibalism and Pandemic/Epidemic

lisettemarie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Racism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

readingwithkaitlyn's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Genocide, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Blood, Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Trafficking, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Infertility, Ableism, and Cannibalism

Minor: Terminal illness, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Suicide, Abandonment, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug use, Slavery, and Vomit

Residential schools.

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Heartbreaking and healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Racism, Colonisation, Confinement, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Medical content, Grief, and Trafficking

sarahalesbrittain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement and Pregnancy

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Blood, Pregnancy, Torture, Confinement, Violence, Medical content, and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content, Deportation, and Child death

Incarceration

augustar14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

If possible,  maybe even better than the first book.  But honestly, both need read together,  in order,  carefully.  This book is incredibly well written, adds new layers and levels to the lives of every character from the first book,  and brings new characters with different experiences.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Confinement, Colonisation, Torture, Genocide, Cursing, Cannibalism, Violence, Grief, Classism, Abandonment, Blood, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Gun violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

lenaricharz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Torture, Trafficking, Death, Racism, Colonisation, Confinement, Genocide, Slavery, Medical trauma, and Blood

Moderate: Cannibalism

alexalily's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Medical content, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Racism, Infertility, Child death, Sexual assault, and Animal death