Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

137 reviews

erin_retka_cos's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

paigealbi's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny 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

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This book is a RIDE. Maybe a little bit too much of a ride. I really enjoyed it and raced to the end and was not particularly confused as I've read others were. Perhaps this is because I read a lot of long confusing fantasy novels, but I can see how others would lose track of the story. There are also some plot fails and the story gets more and more preposterous as it goes. Still, I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War

Minor: Homophobia

sirpandacat's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Alcohol

Minor: Rape

zoeyh14's review

3.5

inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

sdecoste's review

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

mno3220's review

5.0

emotional mysterious 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

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The book does follow a serial killers path throughout 35 years. But the focus is more on those who were impacted by the tragic 
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It
 
also
 poses questions of writing wrong justice 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder

colwaldo76's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion

krismcmanus's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Quirky and dark in an indie film kind of way. I’ve heard a limited series is in post-production right now. I’d love to see it’s interpretation dramatized.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Physical abuse, Kidnapping

headinthepages's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

ksilvio's review

4.75

challenging dark funny hopeful 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail