Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

13 reviews

lizzym126's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Confinement and Death of parent

Minor: Body horror, Eating disorder, Blood, and Medical content

ehoustonmyatt's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual assault

Minor: Confinement and Death of parent

tigertheory's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder and War

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

kimreads14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I truly enjoyed this retelling of the victim side of the Bundy case. 

It shows a sort of two sides of the same coin idea. One of the narrator represents the victim that will be killed, and the other one of the survivors fighting for justice to be served. All of it being nicely tied through Tina.

I’m still confused as to whether or not this is a work of fiction or not. Or maybe just part fiction part non-fiction? 

I loved the closing chapter, it was really moving, and also showed that unfortunately not everything comes full circle at all time, but as long as there’s hope, there’s the possibility of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.5

This story is a fictionalized account of the Ted Bundy case, but instead focuses on the lives of his victims and their loved ones. I didn’t know anything about Ted Bundy before reading it, and I thought it was good that I didn’t have that background so I could pay more attention to the characters themselves and the impact violence has on the people left behind.  

A big strength of this novel were the dual POVs, and I think that fans of true crime will really appreciate this one. As someone who’s just gotten into true crime this year, it does give off a similar vibe to the podcasts I listen to. But it’s important to note that this book is based on real events and reflect on what that might mean for the victims, survivors and those in their lives. 

Thanks to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster Canada for a gifted digital copy of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.25

I'm not sure how I feel about this book. On one hand, the story of a woman, traumatized by her best friends brutal murder, becoming a Colombia educated laywer and testifying against the man who brutalized her is so profoundly cool. On the other hand, this story lacks character. Pamela is a pretty flat character. She is organized and truth seeking but thats all she is and that never changes. Also this book did not need to be dual pov. Tina could have explained Ruths story and it could have been up to the readers to determine if she was telling the truth. The book spells out everything and anything thats a mystery. Also by writing a Ted Bundy book it just keeps his memory and crimes alive. I think the intention was the show that he wasn't clever just lucky thats everyone else was dumber but, it mostly just comes about like a retelling from fake pov. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

deetabz's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, and Alcohol