Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Þernan by Nita Prose

10 reviews

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Hmmm. This book didn’t really work for me.
First - the main character of Molly. I think we are supposed to assume that she

is on the autism spectrum, and as someone who isn’t on the spectrum myself I cannot speak to whether or not she was depicted in a respectful and/or accurate way

but I did feel like she was written as a caricature of assumptions regarding who she “should be” rather than a complex and fully fleshed out person. There were things she did and said that didn’t exactly square with how you’d think the character would react.
Second, I didn’t find the twists in the plot (especially since it was supposed to be a murder mystery) as very compelling or believable. You sorta see things coming a million miles away. The book was semi frustrating in that regard, but was a quick and easy read for someone who just wants something they can pick up and speed through in a matter of days (or honestly, hours). I didn’t have major qualms with this book but I’m also not sure I’d go out of my way to recommend it to others, either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Deportation

kwthor's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Racism, Alcohol

lisa_m's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous mysterious 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: Yes

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I expected to really like this book but sadly I was disappointed.

At the beginning I found the narration and perspective of Molly very interresting and well done. But every time she talked about or with Rodney I just became so frustrated! I wanted to dnf this book so many times but instead I finished the audiobook on 3x speed. I liked the aspects of an autistic maid becoming friends with a rich socialite. But Molly not only not recognising all the criminal activity around her for what it was but also participating in it soon got very frustrating to read about. Sometimes it made sense for her character but sometimes she just seemed dumb. For me one of my favourite aspects of reading a Mystery book is following a smart person who sees clues where noone else does. That's why I like Sherlock so much. But Molly wasn't even really involved in trying to figure out who had done it and why. She was just forced into the whole thing by other people and then had to be saved. Also she is the only one who actually saw the real killer? And decided not only to hide their identity but clean up after them? And she didn't even reveal that while she herself was accused of murder? I was soo confused by that and I really can't get over it. I also wish her friendship with Gisele had gone differently because that is a very interesting dynamic. But most of the other storylines just made me mad. Her savings being stolen by her boyfriend and she didn't even tell anyone because she didn't want her grandmother to worry? Also wtf was that ending? She killed her own grandmother??? And that's why she hid that Mr. Blacks ex-wife killed him with a pillow because she saw herself in her?? That's such a weird plottwist that just doesn't make sense to me. For someone who likes rules that much it all seems very out of character. Also her constantly thinking Rodney wants to date her even though he just uses her and wants to get information? And her spending her last money on a super expensive outfit for their 'date'? All of those things made this book not very enjoyable for me. The story was fine and had some interesting elements but it was just way too frustrating for me and there were almost no fun or enjoyable aspects. Maybe thats just not what this book is meant to be but it definitely wasn't it for me and I'm not going to be reading the next two books in this series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Deportation

passionatereader78's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny mysterious 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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Well written mystery! I didn't see the ending coming! Fun read! I love Molly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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   Molly, a neurodivergent maid, finds the rich and mean Mr. Black dead in his bed. It turns out he was murdered. And Molly ends up under suspicion for his murder. But some of the people at the hotel are not who they seem. And they may have used Molly's neurodivergence to their advantage. 
   I enjoyed this book quite a bit. I know some said it was inconsistent, but I find that, as a neurodivergent person, I can see how her seemingly very shifting rules don't shift as much as they seem to do to some people. I know that certain rules in my mind are different than how a "normal" person may have their rules. And once you get to the end it all makes sense, at least to me. 
   I didn't guess the killer, though I guess another one of the "plot twists" (the one with her grandmother.)

Narrator Rating: 3.5 stars
  She did a decent job but for most of the book she had kind of pout to her voice which was childlike and annoying for a 20-something woman.

Elemental Levels:  Fluff-3.5/5  Heartfelt-3/5   Helpful-NA     Horror-NA  Inspiration-NA  
Love aka Romance-2/5   Mystery-5/5     Predictability-2.5/5   Spice-NA    Suspense-2/5    Tear- 3/5  Thrill-1.5/5  Humor-1/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, Deportation

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement, Medical content, Pregnancy

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, Deportation

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious reflective 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

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Excrement, Vomit

chaotically_katie's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Deportation

kjm_x's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Deportation

angelareads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Very voice-y and absolutely brilliant. Best of the year so far! 

Not a 5 star because it felt like the book ended twice. It was very strange. 

*revising to a 5 star. I keep thinking about it. It's just so good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol