Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Cress by Marissa Meyer

30 reviews

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted sad 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

This book was more of a 4.8⭐️ simply bc Cress wasn’t my favorite of the female characters but I still enjoyed getting to know her and her backstory. Her naivety and awkward social skills made me cringe even though I understood that she grew up in solitude so ofc her social cues were out of whack, but seeing them happen was still 😵‍💫 Regardless, I love that we’re getting closer to defeating Queen Levana especially since Kai is now involved in the action. Looking forward to reading the next book :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Classism, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, War, Child abuse, Confinement, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Police brutality, and Torture

Minor: Trafficking

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Torture, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Minor: War, Grief, and Murder

momloves2read's review

adventurous dark tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Trafficking

sing1133's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

I absolutely LOVED this book!!! So far my favourite of the series (but we’ll see if that changes with book 4). 
I always worry that I won’t like the new characters as much but they are always amazing! I loved Cress and her and Thorne’s chapters were my favourite to read! (I am now a giant Thorne fan!)
I also love how all the characters storylines overlap so even if they are in different places and separated, it is still a cohesive and continuous story. 
It was fun having the group separated for a bit but I must say I love when they are all back together working together. 
I found this book so fun to read and I love how the stakes are rising more and more as the characters are also developing. 
Can’t wait to read Winter!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Blood and War

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Trafficking

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Medical content, War, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, and Blood

kenna13's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My favorite so far! I love love love Cinder and Kai in this book, not to mention Cress and Thorne.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Terminal illness, Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and War

Minor: Grief

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

This series gets better the more I read. I really enjoy the skeleton of fairytales but each book is really very different. I think this has been my favorite book so far and I’m excited to see what Winter will be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, War, Grief, Body horror, Bullying, Death, and Confinement

Minor: Deportation

rhaselpaq's review

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, and Medical content

prashiie's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 "Maybe there isn't such a thing as fate. Maybe it's just the opportunities we're given, and what we do with them."

In this book we meet Cress who has been imprisoned in a satellite for 7 years. She is an extremely talented hacker and was therefore tasked to become the Queen’s hacker and spy. Now she is asked to find Cinder and her team. She is smart enough to find Cinder, but keeps it a secret from Sybil. Instead, she decides to join Cinder’s team. Carswell is tasked with bringing Cress to the Rampion and of course a lot goes wrong! There are so many things happening. Scarlet gets taken by Sybil, and Carswell and Cress get separated from the rest of the crew. It was so cute to see how Cress kept crushing on Carswell. We see how each group is struggling to survive and on the other hand we have Kai who has to prepare for his marriage to Queen Levana to save Earth.

I really liked the similarities with Rapunzel. Cress has long hair and Carswell gets blinded just like the prince in Rapunzel. And I was shocked to find out more about Dr. Erland. 

The story was very intense but I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Xenophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

le3713's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

4.0

High stakes continue in this book, which sets up the finale! This one wasn't my favorite, in part because the audio narrator's voicing of Cress made her irritating to me. I really enjoyed Cinder's development, and the last quarter of the book in particular.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Confinement