Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Misery by Stephen King

165 reviews

bernard_black's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Confinement, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Sexual content

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This was terrifying and horrid. The only reason I picked it up is because my goddaughter’s school is putting it on as a play next month, and I wanted to read it first. This is the kind of thing nightmares are made of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Grief, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Murder, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

missy_ruth's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Violence, Confinement, Torture, and Cursing

booksandteatime's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Addiction, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Car accident, Confinement, Kidnapping, Body horror, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, and Violence

eleanor_w's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Physical abuse, Car accident, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

dark funny sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Body horror, Animal death, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Medical content, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Gun violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, and Addiction

risemini's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Addiction, Body horror, Car accident, Death of parent, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Animal death, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Car accident

Minor: Rape, Sexism, Racial slurs, Excrement, Alcohol, Racism, Misogyny, Vomit, and Antisemitism

laurataylor's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, and Torture

zoinkie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture