Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

115 reviews

alicesayshi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

3.5

Absolutely bonkers. Good fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Confinement, and Blood

araemoore's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

aspiring author suffering from a year long case of writer’s block, alex - occasionally known as al - hasn’t penned a word since a falling out with her closest friend, wren.

after a run-in with wren at a publishing event for a mutual friend, alex finds herself whisked away to a mansion in the woods owned by none other than her favorite author, the enigmatic roza vallo; former teenage protege, writer of multiple horror masterpieces. roza’s challenge for the retreat was simple: write a novel by the end of february alongside a group of young women, including alex’s new bunk mate and former bff, wren.

tensions, attraction, sapphic longing, ghost stories fill this mystery in a way that i throughly enjoyed from start to finish. the way inspiration is fickle and fleeting felt like the author was in my head. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Murder, and Confinement

_lera_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Confinement, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

uhhlexiconic's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Despite losing  steam at the end as the implied becomes the action, The Writing Retreat was an enjoyable read that was easy to get into.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

christajls's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, and Confinement

booksemmahasread's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Medical content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Grief, Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

nerdglasses08's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Death, Drug use, Cursing, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Confinement

ashley_wohner's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

This was MESSY... in the best way? I felt it started quite slow, but with enough interest to make me keep reading. It's not necessarily that the twists are surprising, but that there are so many possibilities all the time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Drug use, Confinement, Death, Alcohol, Murder, and Toxic friendship

mkengel96's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Confinement

tokki_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, and Violence