Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

8 reviews

readingsofaslinky's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Self harm, Cancer, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

mxpringle's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Cancer, Medical content, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sarah984's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I liked the premise enough to try out the next one, but I thought the actual story was a bit weak. The Russian stereotypes were silly and I thought the true nature of Molly's power was a bit over the top. The clinical writing style mostly worked for me but it made it harder to understand the character in some ways too. How much of all that was biological imperative?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Blood, Death, Violence, Murder, Self harm, Death of parent, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Excrement, Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infertility, and Pedophilia

booknug's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Confinement, Death, and Medical content

house_of_hannah's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

2.0

Some BookTubers I really enjoy have given this 5 stars, so I was expecting something pretty great. However, this was just an average read for me.

Molly's tone throughout the entire book is very monotone. Due to this there never feels to be much tension, or stakes, even though she is hunted by these duplicates of herself. It's just such an average day to her, that it doesn't feel like much of anything.

There are a few interesting moments, but there's also A LOT of plotholes that really took me out of the story at some points. Maybe the next two novellas flesh it out more, but I don't think I'm interested enough to continue with the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Confinement, Blood, and Death

kstericker's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Medical content, Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

sucreslibrary's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence