Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

36 reviews

radfordmanor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Incest

gracebanks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, and War

lisagonzalez's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

_sailormercury's review against another edition

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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Death, and Confinement

Minor: Outing

bodiesinbooks's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

kathinkastokke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse