Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

18 reviews

lizacorn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was a great take on the slasher genre. Really enjoyed the Easter eggs and premise. Could have spent more time at the top of the book but the focus was on the action which tbh made sense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Racism and Lesbophobia

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

the_wistful_word_witch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

OH! MY! FINAL! GIRL!

Kalynn Bayron comes right out of the creepy basement door swinging. This book had me on the edge of my seat the whole time! I couldn't put it down, but my heart was racing the whole time like I was the one being chased by a murderer!

You can kind of anticipate what's going to happen throughout most of the book... that is, until the last few chapters and then everything you THOUGHT you knew gets thrown into Mirror Lake. 

And the prologue!! I mean, I was kind of hoping for that ending and Ms Bayron did not disappoint!! 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, and Vomit

skipping_violets's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Diverse cast of friends and an awesome setting for a slasher story. However, (discussion of pacing/ placement of kills follows but no details of kills, killer, or victims) <spoiler > we don’t see a dead body until over 50% in and for me that’s too slow for such a short book. I personally want my horror a bit faster especially if they’re short. I’d prefer at least a body by the end of act 1. However I know that’s not for everyone and it comes down to personal preference. It does ramp up after the 50% mark but I still wanted more blood & tension in the latter half. this did not detract from the book being well written, fun, and suspenseful read. If you enjoyed the cheerleaders series by RL Stine back in the day or slashers in general you’ll have fun reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Grief

Minor: Violence and Murder

characters are disemboweled and the visuals are described. Lots of stabbing, slicing, and drowning.

adragoninspace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sarah984's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

There were a couple of fun creepy moments around the halfway mark, but otherwise this was just bad. The escape room camp theme is abandoned after only one round and seems to only exist to make sure there are no kids at the summer camp. The characters are really bland - I kept forgetting Paige even existed until other people brought her up - and the 'plot twist' was goofy and borderline offensive.

Unfortunately the biggest sin to me in a slasher, aside from maybe the first two the kills were boring. A good slasher should be about over the top people being killed in over the top ways and this was just like "oh he's dead I guess". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Transphobia, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Stalking

kayladaila's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Vomit, and Stalking

Thank you to Netgalley for the review copy! This book scared me so much I could only read it during the day when someone else was home. This will be a great recommendation for my horror loving students.

heather667's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Grief and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement and Sexual content