Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica

149 reviews

gothampenguins's review against another edition

4.25

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Pregnancy

addie_the_baddie_'s review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A dark, dangerous, post-apocalyptic story with themes of trauma and redemption.

It's couched in a horrifying reflection of religious zealotry and the corrupting influence of patriarchy.

The structure is written as scattered journal entries from the protagonist's point of view. The unstructured inner thoughts of this unreliable narrator keeps the plot mysterious and intense with incomplete lore, time gaps, missing information, and vivid descriptions of the horrors surrounding her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization

kkopacetic's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious sad 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

gcwolf98's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

jenmtnbike's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Murder

torden_'s review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness, Excrement, War, Injury/Injury detail

whitneysch's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic

climbingbookshelves's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy

It look me a bit to get into the book, but once I did I was hooked. It has an interesting take on an apocalyptic world. There were parts I wish I knew more about. However, I do think it being concise worked. It’s nice to be left wanting more. Beware: it is a heavy book with cult like religion as the focus

mdhart1104's review against another edition

3.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

bookishfeminist's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail