Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The ​Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout

34 reviews

vettechmama3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

This has been my favorite read of this series so far. Once again there were some parts that dragged out and I had to trudge through to finish, but the things that come to light and discoveries that are made had me sitting on the edge of my seat excited to read and learn more. Poppy is still a freaking badass. Casteel and Kieran are just 😍 I do wonder each book just how much more Poppy is going to have to deal with. Poor girl needs a break 🥺🤣 I am following an alternative reading and am jumping to Flesh and Fire book 1 and am excited to dive back in!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Blood, War, and Hate crime

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Grief, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

selestre's review

emotional informative mysterious 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, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, War, and Panic attacks/disorders

itmakessenseincontext's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Holy shit. This blew me away. While I love the romance and smut elements, this book shines when it leans into the fantasy side of the genre

While this book and series could have more internal consistency with regards to where technology and clothing construction are at (which is just the clothing historian I me nitpicking), the building of the fantasy elements really distracts from it for me.

I also love the  development of Poppy into a more assured individual, and the exploration of her relationships outside of Casteel. Especailly with Keiran, the conversation

in the tunnels after Casteel was captured and Lyra killed? It broke me

Any way, I can be found mailing zippers to atlantia, because with the level of tech they should have they should have zippers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Classism

ghrm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.75

Honestly this book was hard for me to read because there is so much info dumping and sometimes feels a bit repetitive. Am going to push through because I want to finish this series.

The scene when we find out Ms Willa was the lady at the Red Pearl was SO GOOD. Of course it was damn

.  The ending had me going wild

and I can’t believe I have to read another book about different characters before Casteel and Poppys reunion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Confinement and Sexual assault

nerdy_berdie's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Violence, and Blood

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Sexism, Child death, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Colonisation, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Cursing, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, War, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Torture, Vomit, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Classism, Grief, and Confinement

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Colonisation, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

alxisrae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Gore, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, and Confinement

jen1804's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

⚠️SIGNIFICANT SPOILERS AHEAD⚠️
Poppy and Cas’ relationship is one of my favourite book couples in the history of book couples. And Cas is one to rival the love I have for Rhysand🙊 which is not a statement to be taken lightly bc FEYSAND TIL I DIE. But Cas’ nonchalance is honestly just the best thing to read. I love the two of them together and I love the mixture of plot and romance in this series.
I am OBSESSED with Poppy being this violent, murderous, stubborn, hot headed, sarcastic character, with the ability to fight and kill like it’s nothing, but with a gigantic heart for those she cares about. Or as Casteel describes her:

“Such a stunning, vicious little creature.”

I love her journey throughout this book. When I think back to where we began this third book, in comparison to how we’ve ended, so much has happened! This book does have a lot of plot but that also comes with a huge lot of info dumping which is sometimes difficult to digest and understand. But we love a well thought out, complex and layered story line!
Poppy is a mother fucking god and I am so here for her popping all the way off when it comes to discovering and using her powers. She’s the type of heroine who will burn the world down to save the one she loves and I am so here for that.

“Make sure she understands that her survival hinges on Casteel. She will release him, or she will see each and every one of her cities leveled. If she touches him again, I will destroy her precious Malec, and I can. I know where to find him. He lives. For now. And if she kills Casteel? If anyone kills him?” I tilted my head, catching his gaze as he tried to find where the draken had flown off to. “I will make sure her death is a slow one that will take hundreds of years to complete.“

And I also love that it’s the same way Casteel feels about her. 

“No risk is too great, nor is anything too sacred. Because she is my everything. There is nothing greater than her, and I do mean nothing.”

Poppy understands that innocent people could die in the process but does she care at this point? no she does not, and I love reading about this sort of I-might-be-the-heroine-but-I-can-be-villainous behaviour that she has going on.
I also hugely rate Queen Ileana as the villain of this series, she is RUTHLESS.
There were moments in this book which gave me goosebumps, and I loved Poppy discovering more and more about who she is, her heritage and her abilities, using them for good and also for WRATH. I absolutely ADORED every time both Cas and Poppy put someone in their place if they disrespected her. And I loved the amount of allegiance and admiration she received in this book, the admiration she deserves I might add. One of my favourite FMCs of all time.
If someone could explain the whole casserole thing to me though I’d be most grateful please and thanks.
Satisfactory ending? Yessssssss so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Blood, Confinement, War, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Sexual content, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Torture

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

This was so fun to return to as an audiobook! I'm excited to re-read A Shadow in the Ember with Stina narrating next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Classism, Genocide, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Rape, and Vomit