Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Drowning by T.J. Newman

20 reviews

lpdx's review against another edition

tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Grief, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, and Cancer

teaandbooksnuggery's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma

princessdana36's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-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

4.5

This book was a super fast read. The action picks up from the very first page and doesn’t slow down. It slams into the end of the book and you’re left with tousled hair and whiplash. The writing was good, I just hope the science was/is real and I can hopefully get in an airplane again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Medical trauma

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

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

5.0

One of the most heart-pounding and adrenaline induced book comas I’ve ever had!! I was fully taken under (pun intended) by this modern day survival story. The times of the day when I wasn’t reading it, I was thinking about it. And the times I was reading it, I was thinking OH MY GOD HOW IS THIS GONNA END?!! HOW DO THEY SURVIVE A PLANE CRASH, AND THEN A PLANE SINKING??!!

I’d been wanting to read this for a long time now, but waited until after I’d taken several flights and had no more in the near future because, well, duh. This book is like your worst fears come to life, and the way Newman wrote it, it’s so scarily accurate. Not to mention, one of the main characters in this nightmare situation was named Shannon, so that only furthered how immersive the novel was to begin with. 

Alas, it was an incredible book. You’ll want to read it all in sitting, if possible. I’ve always found the stories behind disaster scenarios fascinating and this one was well-researched and supported to really make you understand what it would be like in real life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Confinement, Death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Cursing

Moderate: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Bullying

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

priscillarobock's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Confinement, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was just wow. I’m blown away by the storyline and the characters bc they were written so well, it genuinely immerses you into the book to the point where you are just as anxious as the characters about what the next move of survival will be.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical trauma, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Child death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

christinesreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer

aas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Death, and Suicide

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Excrement, Violence, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Cancer, and Cursing