Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Mister Magic by Kiersten White

24 reviews

princess_marie's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

karapillar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Stalking, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit

nbreezy17's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, Death, Abandonment, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Murder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Grief

narbine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

4.25

Last thing I expected from this book was to think about re-parenting myself but I’m here for it 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Cursing, and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse

phantompansy's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Homophobia, and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Colonisation, Sexism, and Gore

taylormoore's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child death, and Gaslighting

bookb1itch's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I expected this book to be "traditionally" scary.  However, the real premise of the book is far more terrifying and rewarding than any of the events it depicts.  It is considerably more thought-provoking than what I expected - having chosen it as a "horror novel not by Stephen King".  I am really looking forward to recommending this to some of my more mature students.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

cult-like religion ie Mormon and its unreasonable expectations of the innocence of childhood

I will be thinking about this story for quite some time to come.

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Death, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Sexual content, and Racism

babsthebatgirl's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment

blacksphinx's review

challenging emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I picked up this book expecting an entertaining creepypasta-flavored romp through cosmic horror. Instead, I cried my eyes out and felt like some wounded piece of myself got picked out of the darkness and bandaged. (And I lack the Mormon religious trauma this author is digging into!) I am tempted to push this into the hands of every millennial I know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Confinement, Body horror, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexism, Grief, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Religious bigotry