Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The King of Crows by Libba Bray

3 reviews

therainbowshelf's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

A fitting conclusion to this fun series! I loved the characters throughout (yes, even Evie, who I know some people hate). I don't usually read ghost stories/horror, but this one worked for me. Loved the queer rep (this is the first series I read with an explicitly ace character). The stuff with Isaiah felt a little cheapened in the end (so did the thing with Sam near the beginning), and there were just a few too many ambiance-building mini stories about the dead eating random people. There could have probably been about half of those and they would have achieved the desired effect without becoming a little repetitive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Torture, Kidnapping, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Classism, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide and Colonisation

Seizure, drowning, Klu Klux Klan

aprlshowers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense slow-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

This is easily one of my favorite books. Bray does an excellent job of bringing together the previous books and concluding eachcof the plot lines. But more than that, the overarching theme of never forgetting the sins of the past, the ghost that is ever present in US history is brought home in this book. As a practicing historian, this book means so much to me and I cry every time I read it. It helps that I love each of the characters. I wish more people knew about this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Domestic abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Animal death, Body horror, and Death

reginacordium's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence