Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

City of Thorns by C.N. Crawford

10 reviews

_myliteraryobsession's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, and Sexual content

bem13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Confinement

dovahkiin_shea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Bullying, Physical abuse, Death, and Kidnapping

bookishchaos's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

Wow! This was a really good book! I was surprised. I loved the storyline, world-building, & characters. The plot twist was creative and I didn't see it coming. It does kinda end on a cliffhanger but I would still recommend this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Torture, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Cursing

crinkledmochi's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

i expected the twist at the end, but the story is interesting enough for me to want to continue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mental illness, Stalking, Torture, Xenophobia, Classism, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Confinement, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Minor: Cannibalism, Gun violence, and War

anastashamarie's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

🗝️ Boring mortal girl (who's NotLikeOtherGirls, gets mad when other women say they are NotLikeOtherGirls, and is also irresistibly beautiful to the immortals, of course) uses the "knowledge" she gained in her intro to psychology class to outsmart a centuries-old sex demon into letting her stay in the forbidden demon city and into paying for her student loans. Hijinks ensue, helped further by mortal girl's intro to psychology class and the fact that she looks like a famous succubus (even when she, by all accounts, couldn't seduce her way out of a wet paper bag in the moral world). Did I hit most of the plot points?

🗝️ My primary issue with this is that it is far too fast-paced in a way that ruins any tension, romantic or otherwise, that might have been created through the story. Totally awkward to sexy in a week? Enemies to lovers but without anything believable to make me think that they were enemies in the first place? A big, dramatic action packed event (that was only an hour long) that only spanned a chapter because it still had cut scenes? Maybe I'm spoiled by my long and leisurely fantasy romance series of yore but I just didn't buy any of the action or romance here. 

🗝️ My secondary issue, as someone who has nearly-a-doctorate in a psychology adjacent field, is that the mentions of psychological manipulation play a huge role in the plot progression, and they very much read as if they were written by someone who has a generalist bachelor's in psych degree and who is too excited about it. (I would know, I was that person once upon a time.) This is probably more of a Me Problem, and it's probably not helped by me wanting things fleshed out more in general, but I found myself rolling my eyes multiple times and saying "okay, but that's not QUITE how that works." 

🗝️ Despite all those things, I'm interested enough in the plot that I'll probably read the next one. They're quick, easy reads and the premise is fun. I feel like the characters could still have a lot of depth and I'm hoping that some of my issues with the pacing will level out as I read on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, and Murder

bedtimesandbooks's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Child death, Alcohol, Classism, War, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Cursing, Confinement, and Blood

p_gonza2's review

This sounded like a new Wappad book inspired by TVD Mc is your quirky girl who has perfect hair and has a evil doppelgänger, and she keeps expressing how badly she wants to have sex with the demon.

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Content Warnings

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

prettynerdy3's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, and Vomit

ka_ke's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

City of Thorns is a solid read. It’s fast & entertaining with decent writing and substantial plot. It’s spicy but not overtly erotica. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content