Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

137 reviews

mindypickens101's review

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Addiction, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol

meg_kloustin's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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: Child death, Confinement, Death, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide

Minor: Animal death, Incest

lbris2484's review

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

kshertz's review

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is a dark one. It’s hard to read about kids being kidnapped and abused. It’s hard to see them try to move on and live their lives after. It’s an amazing thriller mystery too. It’s just very very heavy. Lots of twists and turns. It was hard for me to deal with the jumping around of characters and time but eventually you fall into it and then you can’t put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

bookscatcoffee's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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This was a really immersive, enjoyable read!  It was long and required me to take it in small bites, which I enjoyed.  There are hard truths in this book, but the writing is wonderful and the characters are fully realized.  Definitely worth reading!  5 stars

Mystery

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

aprilb_reads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I liked it overall but it was very long winded.  We could have shortened the middle.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

kerriski's review

2.0

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

camp_redwood's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I have intense and mixed feelings about this. 

Did I like it? No. 
Was it well executed? Yes. 

TLDR: “The Lovely Bones” if it was a very southern feeling coming of age novel- except of his whole ass life- and the story of navigating purpose and relationships with wild CPTSD.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy

penrodkatie's review

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Suicide, Pregnancy

katewiggins's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book started well, dragged through much of the middle, and had a bunch of quick turns at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Stalking, Abortion, Murder