Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Empress by S.J. Kincaid

3 reviews

zoec24's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

The book was great and the character development was excellent. It had a lot of action and character development.

The main drawback was how dark it was, especially in terms of mental health-a lot of trauma occurs for the characters. 

My main problem with the plot was
the sheer amount of power had by the Living Cosmos faith. It was kind of weird, because who would agree to this??? Creating a staff that controls your entire palace with a thought-interesting, but where did you get the idea to require approval from the Living Cosmos vicars? Also the fact that there is a guy who is just happily living in a black hole while knowing what is happening with time everywhere else is weird.
. I still enjoyed it lots, but it just felt weird.

In terms of character development, I feel sorry for practically everyone.
I'm expecting a redemption arc for Tyrus. I really want Neveni to recover instead of ending up as another person who wants to manipulate Nemesis because you can understand where she's coming from and she really does care for her.

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saoreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

It made me laugh, made me mad, made me mad, made me mad, and made me mad. I've come to accept the sick dynamic the story was going through so much plot twists and when I force myself to hate the characters, I couldn't and maybe that was what made me mad. At some point all their actions justified one way or another though it felt a pang on the chest that it had to come to that point of going back to forth with becoming enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers to enemies. The steering message it really aims to pull was finding your own self and owning it up without anyone to decide for you, it was forcing you to change. Reminds me of a Phoenix rising out of the ashes, typical, but I guess it existed for a reason.

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itsbronze's review

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

2.0


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