Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

4 reviews

ttorisaurus's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Pregnancy, Murder, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

alisonvh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

Baba Yaga is a mostly immortal half goddess trying to stop Ivan the Terrible from being so terrible. I love historical fiction, I love magic, I love talking animals, and I love stories about gods and goddesses messing with human affairs. Mix it all together and you have a book written just for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, Death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Blood, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture

lovosii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Abandonment, Violence, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Animal death, Classism, Gun violence, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

cookiecat73's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, War, Xenophobia, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Animal cruelty, Grief, Sexism, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Vomit, Self harm, Sexual content, Animal death, and Child abuse