Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Theft of Sunlight by Intisar Khanani

10 reviews

josisteacup's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

The best books are those you finish in only one or two days and you stay up until 1pm, not thinking about having to get up early and when you fall asleep you continue the plot in your dreams. This is one of those books. I immediately ordered the sequel. It's supposed to arrive tomorrow and I'll probably finish it very fast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Slavery, Child abuse, Trafficking, Ableism, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Child death, Death, Blood, and Grief

Minor: War, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child death, and Domestic abuse

farfetched's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I started this book a long time ago, then realised it ended on a cliffhanger when I read the blurb of A Darkness at the Door, the sequel, and put it down again. Now I'm trying to read more, it was high on my list of things to read first, and I'm very glad that I've managed to finish it. 

I really love Rae. She is disabled, but she is strong, fierce and clever. Her disability does mean that she cannot do some things as well as other people, but she does her best. Her loyalty to her family, especially Nita is really harming, and her grappling with her new environment was fascinating to watch. The turns were foreshadowed well - I felt that I only caught some of them a little before they happened, if at all. 

This book does directly deal with slavery, more like modern slavery as mentioned in the afterword, and this has a slightly darker tone than Thorn, but it is excellently written, and I'm excited to see Rae get out of her situation and prosper! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, and Trafficking

Moderate: Confinement, Child abuse, Blood, Death, and Kidnapping

teenbrarian's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Confinement

Moderate: Trafficking

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

I don't even have words. I somehow became so incredibly invested in this book and the characters! I loved that we got so much of Kestrin and Alyrra in this one, and I really liked Rae! I was so curious how this would go and while I did predict one thing, the ending has left me REELING and I am off to see if I can get a copy of the next book IMMEDIATELY 😅 
Anyways this is a really well done fantasy! I am rounding up for GR, even though I think there are parts that could have been trimmed a bit. But a fantastic read!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit

natashaleighton_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Slavery, Ableism, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Rape, Sexual violence, and Grief

joisaddler's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Classism, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

booksandprosecco's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

This is incredible. Technically, you don’t need to read Thorn first, but I highly, highly recommend it. It builds the world for you, so you can enjoy the absolutely brilliant story in Theft.

Honestly, speechless. This was so good. BUT THE CLIFFHANGER!!! I need the next book ASAP.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Death, Blood, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

lacunaboo's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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

4.0

I really appreciate Rae as a character and the themes of this story. I did enjoy reading it but for two things for which I am partially to blame: I failed to read the author's comments here on Goodreads, so went into this having no idea it wasn't going to be a complete story in and of itself, with a cliffhanger ending; and I think it would have been a good idea for me to have reread the companion novel (and even the companion short story) before diving into this one. You don't need to read those first to understand this book, but I had managed to forget some plot details that would have been helpful to know. But mostly, I remember being really into the idea of a romance with a certain thief after reading "Thorn", and it turns out I should have rekindled that before jumping in, because here I was just not that into it. A reminder of why I had wanted to see that happen might have helped.

Looking forward to the next part of Rae's story!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

5.0

This book gave me ALL the Tamora Pierce vibes. So obviously I loved it. XD Going in, I expected a story like Thorn. There are obviously some similar elements, but this one is Incredible. Rae is a heroine I can definitely relate to, as she has trouble trusting anyone. Her bravery is also a whole other level! I wish we got more time with her sisters, but it feels like they're still there in Rae's mind as she's always thinking of them. ❤️ I love all the new characters (and returning characters) and how we see them through Rae's eyes. Also, GIMME THE SEQUEL, that ending was not okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Kidnapping, Violence, Torture, and Confinement

Moderate: Slavery, Death, and Physical abuse

abookandaspotoftea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Trafficking, Slavery, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, Confinement, and Body shaming