Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

29 reviews

maaartha's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Death of parent, Suicide, Terminal illness, Cancer, Blood, Body horror, Death, Confinement, and Gore

crykea's review

challenging informative tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is the kind of book I've just finished but is not finished with me. I will be thinking if this for a long time and have already pre-ordered the paperback so that I may one day own a copy for myself

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide and Terminal illness

rainstar's review

adventurous emotional tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Confinement, Body horror, Animal death, and Blood

aposthuma's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.5

What an INSANE book. As promised, it's 127 Hours meets the Martian meets Jonah from the Bible. This is possibly the goriest, grossest book I've ever read, but I could not put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Medical content, Vomit, Blood, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Grief

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad 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

3.25

Fascinating journey. Was hoping for a different ending. Had to Google if the story was even feasible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death of parent, and Suicide

fatfatrat's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Grief, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit and Pandemic/Epidemic

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was dark and haunting and harrowing. I am certain it is going to stick to my ribs for a long time. 

This book is about fathers and sons and family and grief. It is about love and loss and guilt and growth. It is about death and the desperate urgency to survive horrifying situations. It is about the ocean and the almost alien life inside it. It is about horrors both natural and man-made in origin and it is about hope.

I like my science fiction best when it is grounded firmly in realistic and believable science and Daniel Kraus met that expectation fantastically. The horror was built in layers of realism I genuinely didn't expect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Fire/Fire injury

cluelessavian's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Blood, Gore, Animal death, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Cancer, Suicide, and Confinement

Moderate: Alcoholism and Child abuse

Minor: Car accident

Father against "Fragile Masculinity," Acid Burns

inirac's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

4.25

While I enjoyed this book I strongly recommended checking out the content warnings. I know nothing about diving or whales, but I have been in the area the characters discuss! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Cancer, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Terminal illness, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, Medical content, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Gore, Animal death, Medical trauma, and Confinement

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury