Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

33 reviews

leahmaslin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Rape

a_tiny_crow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: War, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Gore, and Alcohol

World building is great, but the characters are a little simplistic and tropey. Also I just can't take the Darkling seriously with a name like that. Like a 10-year-old's idea of a badass name for their online goth avatar.

veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-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

I enjoyed this book. It was easy and never boring to read and was not a predictable romance novel. I liked most of the characters and you could tell that the author did her research. It's not going to be my favourite book and I am still debating on continuing this series, but I can't deny that it's a nice book. However I think I will read the crow series first before coming back to this on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Confinement

greenapplescented250's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual assault

bootsmom3's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

fenna2002's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

elenamarmiroli's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

3.25

Non lo so, non sono convinta del tutto di quest'opera, ma al contempo essa mi è piaciuta discretamente. 

L'inizio è stato lento e non troppo interessante, così come parte del periodo che

la protagonista passa nella città reale per allenarsi

. 

Inoltre, la rivelazione riguardo

l'Oscuro mi è parsa un po' troppo campata per aria, senza abbastanza indizi a sopportarla prima

; al contempo credo però che la cosa fosse però voluta.

Altra cosa, avrei voluto veder sviluppato il cambiamento del

rapporto tra Alina e Mal

.

Nonostante ciò, la storia in generale mi è piaciuta abbastanza e sono curiosa di scoprire come continuerà.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement and Suicide

Minor: Death and Death of parent

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Grief and Slavery

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture