Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune

4 reviews

buttermellow's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Xenophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Car accident, Gun violence, and Suicide

mandi_lea's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, Car accident, Grief, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, and Sexual content

angelfireeast24's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Torture, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

ridesthesun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

god what a gorgeous, weird, goofy story 🥺 I'm not usually a sci-fi girl (im more on the "fantasy" side of "sci-fi/fantasty), so that's probably the only thing holding me back from a higher rating, but I loved this story and this little family so much. who knew "two gay dads adopt an alien child" could be so wonderful and yet. here we are. I love the character work, and the exploration of what it means to be human, and I love the adventures these three go on.

I do wish we had gotten some more closure on a few things. Like, why did Nate's dad do what he did? We - and Nate - never got an answer. It felt like it was leading up to something with more intention, especially after Peter entered the scene, but it just sort of faded away after the dream. and I suppose that could be an intention in and of itself - sometimes tragedy *is* senseless, and has no greater meaning or purpose, which does align with some of the other themes in the story. It just felt like that one storyline was leading somewhere, but never got there.  And was there ever anything deeper behind the comet? Or was it simply a natural phenomenon that sucked me in just like it sucked in everyone else 😂

I do love the ending of this story so much. they got the happy, peaceful ending that they deserved, and they got to *live* ❤❤❤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Homophobia, Child abuse, Outing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Car accident, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent