Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

10 reviews

chaptermaggot's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Child abuse, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Child death, Sexism, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Alcohol, Cursing, Excrement, Suicide, Violence, and Blood

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this story! The character growth is *chef’s kiss* and I want to join them in saving this world! Ahhh can’t wait to see what happens next! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, War, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Confinement, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

themoodreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Sexual content, Murder, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Medical content, Violence, Alcoholism, Murder, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Vomit, and War

celyycell's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Drug use, Murder, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: War

psydneigh's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. I wish I hadn’t read the description because I feel like it kind of spoiled how things would go, so my advice GO INTO THE BOOK BLIND.

I also didn’t really feel Lara’s motivation to write all those plans down when she did. It didn’t come off authentic to me

On to the next one!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and War

britgirlreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and War

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

sami_leigh's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, and War

Minor: Confinement, Toxic relationship, War, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Dual POV, third person narration. Relatively strong character development allowing for the reader to truly champion the protagonist. The world building left some description to be desired in order to truly picture the setting of Ithicana and The Bridge. I’m looking forward to the development of some characters -both their relationships with others and the revelation of further backstory -in the sequel. I LOVE the representation of strong female warriors who don’t seem to be questioned based on gender.

Aren and Lara are the perfect enemies to lovers to enemies recipe. I genuinely enjoy when a male MC ‘falls’ first and I appreciated that he was not naive to Lara’s plotting, making his intentions and feelings seem genuine. I want to know more about how Lara’s upbringing has inhibited her trust in Aren as some of her omissions seemed unnecessary and confusing at times. Further character development on her part will be intriguing to watch as it unfolds in book 2.

deesquared's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Tbh I'm just sad I didn't read this sooner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, and Confinement

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Xenophobia

baexlee's review

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I picked this up on a whim because of a recommendation I saw on tiktok, and I won't lie, I initially was a bit skeptical, but wow did Danielle Jensen absolutely steal my heart with The Bridge Kingdom. I think this is what I have been missing in my search for adult fantasy. Jensen doesn't pull any punches and from the very first chapter I was hooked.

Now I thought about this a lot and it almost doesn't feel fair, but I cannot help but to compare this to my recent rereads of a few other notable adult fantasy novels. I decided I will mention it though because the reviews and recommendations everywhere compare this work to those series and frankly this is a disservice to Danielle Jensen and The Bridge Kingdom. Both of those series left me frustrated at their conclusion (or current end point) because there are so many loose ends, randomly thrown in tidbits of information that feel important when you are reading them and then are just tossed aside, or inconsistently motivated characters but The Bridge Kingdom does not under any circumstances suffer from this same failure. Jensen masterfully foreshadows and builds a complex and unique fantasy world that acknowledges the intelligence of both the characters and the reader themselves. Lara and Aren do not feel any less than the capable, competent and deadly rulers that they are written to be and the politics and dealings of Ithicana are nuanced and realistic.

In a time when I am enjoying reading, but still struggling to find those really stunning reads that stick long after I close the page, this was a welcome reprieve that left me laughing out loud, cheering and gasping at Lara's journey and excitedly relaying the plot back to my husband (who was happy to listen even though he didn't really know what I was talking about). If you are looking for a happy ending, or even hope for one in the second novel, The Bridge Kingdom will not deliver on that front. But if you are seeking something that brings you into it's world, seduces you with it's brilliantly balanced characters and complexities, then I cannot recommend this book more.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, and Confinement