Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Binding by Bridget Collins

5 reviews

fe_aye's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-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

2.0

This book had an interesting premise and did do something interesting. However I found the writing style to be very dull. I managed to finish the book so at least it’s enough to keep you reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Death, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Confinement, Dementia, Homophobia, Outing, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Vomit

archkyrology's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

"Am I more than you bargained for yet" -Fall Out Boy

In an attempt to play around with the memory wiping aspect to create a mystery, it just becomes confusing. The first half of the book is slow, relaxed, and curious enough to keep you reading. The second half was very fast and genuinely upsetting almost the entire time. I wish a lot of aspects had been done differently. Also a very cliffhanger ending for a book that doesn't have a sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Suicide, Rape, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Excrement, Incest, and Ableism

thecheshire_cat's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Child death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Vomit, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Rape

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.0

Love books about books, or dark reads with wildly unhealthy ways to deal with trauma? Then you might enjoy this one! The world building is excellent, and it was interesting seeing the dual timeline play out. Things were drawn out just a little too long and started to lose my interest toward the end. Warnings for suicide, sexual abuse, rape, and others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Blood, and Confinement

dnlrbchd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The first part of this book is slow and I almost abandoned it but I'm glad I stuck it out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

Moderate: Fatphobia, Confinement, Incest, Child abuse, Rape, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Classism, and Emotional abuse