Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

15 reviews

lisettemarie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Colonisation, and Child death

Moderate: Rape, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Murder, and Violence

allikay14's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Genocide, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

thenextbookdilemma's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Confinement, Child death, and Trafficking

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Death of parent, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

lpdx's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Torture, Trafficking, Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Medical trauma, and Hate crime

Moderate: Confinement and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Drug use and Cannibalism

abitbetterbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.5

Well, what the fuck. How am I just supposed to go about living my life with an ending like that?

This book was stunning from start to finish, the prose was flawless, descriptive and evocative, the characters vibrant and life-like, the concepts and world-building absolutely horrifying and captivating, so close to home and hauntingly prophetic. 

The only thing I wished for was a bit more plot wrapping up at the end, it felt like there was a lot of lead up to one particular moment and I was kind of hoping for a few more answers to how everything would unfold, even now knowing there’s a second book!

Anyways, Wab deserves the entire world, and I don’t think I’ve ever had my heart broken by anything as much as Isaac & Miig. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, Genocide, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

augustar14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book is so powerful. Very well done, hard to listen at times but all important because while set in the future, many of the experiences are based on reality or historic reality for indigenous Americans. Definitely recommend, if you're in a space for something that is heavy and strong.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Alcoholism, and Vomit

Minor: Sexism, Xenophobia, Confinement, Medical content, Cannibalism, and War

hyggeandtea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Genocide, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Gore, and Torture

katrinky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

2.5

this book was brutal, but the writing wasn't strong enough for it to totally land for me. the central plot point is clever (and devastating), but the book read like an idea the author had that wasn't fleshed out enough to make a whole book. this is one of those books that is close enough to being very good that it reminds you how freaking hard it is to write a very good novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Genocide, and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Medical trauma, Violence, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Racism, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Minor: Rape

leahkarge's review against another edition

challenging 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Death of parent, Child death, Racism, Colonisation, Grief, Rape, Stalking, Confinement, Death, Animal death, Blood, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

kawooreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This one started slow, and then as soon as I got about halfway through and invested in the story, I accidentally hit the "return" button on Libby and had to wait 1.5 months to get it back. Getting back into the book was not difficult because the story is so unique. We are in a dystopian future where people have lost the ability to dream. The world powers have discovered that they are able to reclaim this ability through consumption of Indigenous bone marrow. This revelation prompts the re-opening of residential schools and governmental roundup of Indigenous people across the globe. A small band of individuals in Canada form a group and are trying to get into far the North to safety. This book shocked me, I was both terrified and heartbroken at how treacherous the journey is, so far, for this "found family". The author intricately interweaves traditional teachings, colonial history, and post-apocalyptic futurism into a believable narrative about the worst ambitions of man.   I am surprised this book is categorized as Young Adult. Even though it's told through the eyes of a teenager, it's a gritty, endearing story that should appeal to older audiences. I can't wait to read the second book as I have many unanswered questions! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, and Violence