Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Penpal by Dathan Auerbach

12 reviews

scumlow's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Car accident and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

star_charter152's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Body horror, Grief, Pedophilia, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Animal death, Dementia, and Gore

amandalove2bme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Murder, Torture, Violence, Death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

pkatrinaanne's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gore, Stalking, Child abuse, Murder, Confinement, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Pedophilia, and Child death

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Animal death, Child death, Murder, Pedophilia, Medical content, Violence, Blood, Death, Confinement, Grief, and Kidnapping

maggieoc_x's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, Dementia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Confinement, Car accident, Grief, and Medical content

daniela_09's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

So creepy as each chapter progresses!

A bit confusing with the progression of events(his childhood could've been told in chronological order) and it would've delivered the same type of creepiness and suspense to the readers.

I also wanted the author to give more depth or information about the penpal/stalker so it lacked that closure for me in the end.

Overall, I still liked it and it fit the vibe of my spooky reading list 🎃👻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Blood, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Death

maniacjac's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Dementia, and Pedophilia

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Confinement

finleyfrogreads's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, Stalking, Child death, Car accident, Dementia, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Medical content, Confinement, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Cursing

maximauve's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Stalking, Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping