Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Il conte di Montecristo by Alexandre Dumas

49 reviews

random19379's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Child death, Incest, War, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Racial slurs, Death, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Gaslighting, Confinement, Ableism, and Classism

countdraculahimself's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

truly loved this book and took my time reading it. i will never not recommend this beautifully tragic novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Murder, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

mousecat's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I am pleasantly surprised by this book. I know classics are a classic for a reason but I tend to struggle with the writing style in a lot of classics, and the ones where they are following a life of someone tend to feel like they focus on the mundane stuff or events that don't feel important to the story.

Now The Count of Monte Cristo does do this as well. If it were written now I can guarantee that it would be much shorter.  Everything in this book is given in a meandering way. If you are someone that can't handle the book jumping POVs, timelines and stories that eventually help build a bigger picture and pay off towards the end of the book, this may not be the read for you. There were many times that I was listening to a chapter having zero clue how we ended up here or why we needed to know this until a few or several hours later.
In saying that I thought the story was really good and it does feel nice to have those 'Ah-ha!' moments when listening. Seeing all the people and events come together almost feels like a mystery that is being unfolded in front of you. You feel like you are involved with the story.
I think those you read and enjoyed Six of Crows would really enjoy this. I felt like the books where paced and gave information to the reader in very similar ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Suicide, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Slavery

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Another book I wept while reading.  Towards the end, there were times I got chills as the long term plotting and manipulations came to fruition.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Torture, Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, War, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body shaming, Child death, Sexism, Stalking, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

hopepike's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Great book! It's better than other books I've had to read for school. Loved all the characters and their relationships!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Child death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Slavery

Minor: Blood and Lesbophobia

lightoferebus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Grief, Death, Classism, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Addiction, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, War, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Suicide, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Torture, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Self harm, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

lycheeteareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child death, Slavery, and Suicide

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

saroreen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Infidelity, Classism, War, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Torture, Slavery, Racism, Physical abuse, and Confinement

whisper88's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Slavery and Child death

Minor: Blood and Murder