Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

9 reviews

literatureandlattes2022's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Confinement

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I haven’t read any fantasy in a hot minute but I think this was a good one to read to get me back into it! I like how after the first 20 pages or so I was able to fully comprehend the fantasy world without much effort. I also love a dual POV and an enemies to lovers trope (also lowkey has the forbidden lovers thing)! 

It was definitely a slow burn romance wise. I think the book had a pretty good pace, maybe a little slow at some parts but not too bad. 

Honestly the thing that annoyed me the most was how the FMM being constantly described as an untouchable warrior but like we see she makes mistakes that seem a little obvious… maybe she blinded by love though so who am I to judge. 

Overall I liked Jase’s character a lot and hearing the history of his family was VERY interesting I almost wish there was a book on that! Kazi was also likable and gave me Inej vibes form Six of Crows (except Inej is actually untouchable lmao). I’ll be interested to see what happens with them in the second book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, War, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Trafficking, Abandonment, Classism, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

marine2907's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Trafficking, Violence, War, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, and Sexual assault

her's review

adventurous funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Classism, Excrement, Miscarriage, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Stalking, Torture, War, and Medical content

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Trafficking, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: War, Vomit, Xenophobia, Slavery, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Chronic illness, and Abortion

oliverreeds's review

i got bored; the characters are repetitive and the sequence of events wasn't enticing enough. it was a lot of straight people doing straight people things and having straight people arguments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, War, and Kidnapping

kinskinn's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Trafficking, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Death of parent, and Confinement

Minor: Torture, Miscarriage, and Child death

nicole_m's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

I loved this book. The adventure and romance was great. It was a bit repetitive but overall good with a 4.75/5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Outing

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Vomit

If the trigger warnings above trigger you then I don’t recommend. If not give it a try if you like and enjoy!

stllyltc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

This is 70% romance and 30% plot. I have a thing for subplot romances when it comes to fantasy books and slow burn ones. The story flows in a fast paced motion and world building is easy to follow actually though for the first half of reading, I had to get used with the terminologies, after, I still do. There isn't much suspense surrounding it as plot twists can be identified at ease. One thing I really love about the book are the riddles Kazi and Jase engage in, like its so enchanting. The theme focuses on love and betrayals which I think is good enough since it mostly consists of romantic events and scenes but somewhat on the vague side. The Ballenger history took up a big percentage on the book and that should've been Book 1 so Dance of Thieves would've been a trilogy, to be honest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War