Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

25 reviews

our_lady_of_perpetual_bad_luck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Infertility, Outing, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Genocide, Hate crime, Medical content, War, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Transphobia, Body horror, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Dysphoria, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Body shaming, Classism, Drug use, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Outing, and Eating disorder

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Animal death, Cancer, Deadnaming, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Kidnapping

teganbeesebooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Vomit, Body horror, Rape, Murder, Confinement, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical content, Death, Blood, Dysphoria, War, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

analenegrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a uniquely fascinating post-apocalyptic novel, especially to listen to. 

Often, post-apocalyptic novels are focused on survival but not on those whose survival looks very different, and this book, with a trans author and a trans narrator, examined a world where trans people's experiences are dictated by a disease that targets testosterone and turns people into zombie-like monsters. Currently, we are facing a serious problem of TERFS (trans-exclusionary radical feminists) who target trans people simply for existing, at times violently, and this book wonders if how much worse they could get. 

Our characters are not always likable, and it is questionable how many main characters this book has, although I would generally say five. Plot-wise, at times, it felt like things were moving a bit too fast, and the plot never really settled. There are no breaks in this book beyond the sex scenes, which are important to the plot anyway; instead, the characters are constantly physically and mentally on the move, never stopping. 

My biggest criticism was related to the pacing and how the audiobook did the narration. I haven't seen a physical copy, so maybe it's like this in the book as well, but the internal monologue would shift narrators constantly, mid-chapter, without warning, and often shift locations in the same way, and it made it somewhat hard to listen to. The audiobook narrator also did accents for some but not all of the characters, so when she did them, it came as quite a shock. 

I really recommend this one but with heavy warnings for brutality, violence, sexual violence, external and internal transphobia, and death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Torture, Transphobia, Confinement, Death, Body horror, Outing, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, and Physical abuse

noonanjohnc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Torture, Abandonment, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Sexism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Confinement, Racism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, War, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

acgeorge's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Blood, Torture, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Dysphoria, and Grief

babayagareads's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.25

I don't think I'm going to make a habit of recommending this read. There are some jarring plot movements without transitional context. 

I'd also add that some of the quirks were a little too on the nose - like naming the ship the Galbraith. That would have been fine individually, but including that detail after specifically killing off Rowling in a side story was a little much. And I'm not a J.K. person either - it's more to say that one of those details would have been a more pure add to the plot and story, whereas both seems too pointed.

This book is definitely not for the weak-stomached.

I'm content with having read this piece, but it's not one that I'm going to recommend to others. If you're thinking of reading something that is going to make you uncomfortable, go ahead. 

The biggest content warning I've got is also a spoiler: very early in this book there is

one of the most graphic anal/yussy rape scenes I've ever encountered in a book or movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Suicide, Drug use, Car accident, Deadnaming, Rape, Confinement, Genocide, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Gun violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gore, Terminal illness, Child death, Murder, Outing, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, War, Body shaming, Biphobia, Sexual assault, Death, Fatphobia, and Body horror

You want to feel uncomfortable? This book has it all!

erindb's review

dark sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Sexual violence, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Body horror, Cannibalism, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Rape, Medical content, Torture, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Gun violence, Infertility, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Alcohol, and Genocide

Minor: Pedophilia, Police brutality, Eating disorder, Animal death, and Mental illness

solenodon's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Slavery, Self harm, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Death, Confinement, Classism, and Body shaming

Minor: Deadnaming and Infertility

theofanis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

READ IT

Are you a leftist, are you a trans ally, do you want to be a trans ally, do you think you’re a trans ally, are you trans, are you genderqueer, are you part of the lgbtq community, do you want an inside look to a part of the trans experience?

READ THIS BOOK

I will be thinking about this book for the rest of my life. It’s terrifying and amazing and so impactful. 

As a trans guy reading the pov of a fictional hot cool and strong trans guy with a similar background was awesome. And the trans female leads are so powerfully written. 

It’s just such an amazing book and it’s gotta be my favorite fiction I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Violence, Outing, Transphobia, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Infertility, Cursing, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Deadnaming, and Cancer

sophiesticatedselections's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.25

Intriguing premise is what kept my interest throughout. I found a some of the characters (Fran and Ramona especially) insufferable and others (like Robbie for the first 2/3 of the book) dull and underdeveloped. Beth and Indi were my favs and I wish we got more of their POVs. Not sure how I feel about the book overall and whether I would recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Dysphoria, Excrement, Blood, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gun violence, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Rape, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, War, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Infidelity, Drug use, Cancer, Racism, Racial slurs, Self harm, Grief, Deadnaming, Confinement, and Alcohol