Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

9 reviews

jo_d's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual assault

tallnecked_pancakeface's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Confinement, Death, Torture, Gore, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

kyliereads341's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Body horror, and Confinement

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

i had a fun time with this book, didn’t connect much with the characters and i’ll admit i wasn’t interested in the romance at all, those two characters together didn’t make sense to me and i found some things very predictable. the magic and the world were really cool i wish we got even more of that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Confinement

jojo_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Grief, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Confinement

eve_o's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Child death

cnohero's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to like this book but it was a bit of a letdown. I really enjoyed the world-building but the characters were not very likable and I struggled to connect with them. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Confinement

dorianlecter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Confinement, and Violence

ravensandlace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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tw: killing, murder, torture (a very graphic scene happens in the first 50 pages), genocide, regicide, blood

This is my first book that I received from Owlcrate and boy, it didn’t disappoint. I wasn’t sure what to expect as they send a book based on what the theme of the month is. They give some clues as to what the book is but you don’t really know until you get the box. But honestly, I shouldn’t have been worried. This was such a fantastic book and I was in love with it the minute I read the first page. It made me want to find all the pirate books and devour them. 

One of the reasons I loved this book so much was because of Amara. She was amazing. I loved how confident she was in herself. She didn’t let anybody make her feel less about herself because she was a girl. Amara fought hard to be seen and to be respected as a person. Her duty and loyalty to her country was incredibly admirable, almost borderline obsessive. She loved her people and wanted to do anything and everything she could to make sure she was the best ruler for her people.

Bastian also stole the show for me. He was so sassy and had a quip for everything. Any interaction he had with Amara was my favorite. He was quick to knock her down a couple pegs when she got a little too high and mighty, which happened from time to time. He was also very soft and broke down Amara’s walls that she didn’t even realize she had. It was so swoonworthy. I could read an entire book about just him and his adventures at sea with his beloved ship. 

I do have to say that this book is very dark. It has themes that could be considered in the adult genre. There is a lot of murder and basically genocide. I will also put out a warning for the after effects of war. Lots of hunger and death relating to war. There is also an incredibly difficult scene to read involving torture. It happens in the first 50 pages or so. It’s graphic so be warned. 

One last positive about this book was the magic system. There were so many different types of magic. At times it was hard to keep up because there seemed to be magic for nearly everything. This book would benefit from a table or some information in the beginning so that way I could reference back. Because there were some islands that had specific magics that could be used. There were some islands that allowed double magic, where the person could have two different types of magic. I

Overall, in case you couldn’t tell, I loved the heck out of this book. I can’t wait until the next one that unfortunately comes out next year but best you believe that I am counting down the days until I have the next book in my hands. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Violence

In about the first 50 pages or so, there is a very graphic torture scene. It is described very very graphically.