Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

132 reviews

annick's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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Funny dialogue. Slow reveal of the world building and the characters. The violent scenes were concise and effective movers of plot.  

It reminds me of TVD Damien and Elena. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

cait's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

tguccione's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

htdarrow's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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It took me a bit to get into the book, but then I devoured it. I thought it was a thoroughly enjoyable read.

Despite that, I found Poppy annoying and the plot was predictable. I think I accurately predicted every major plot point at least 200 pages before it happened.

Cas and Poppy's relationship also annoyed me. Poppy is super violent towards Cas and he FREAKING KIDNAPPED HER. Not sure how I feel about that whole relationship. It feels very ick

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood

sapphicbookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Blood, Sexual harassment

katharina90's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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The writing left much to be desired but it was a fun enough read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Religious bigotry

druzyquartz's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

lilysworlld's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I didn’t like the pacing at the beginning of this book, but I did like when I got to about the halfway point. I find the story to be really interesting and the twist to be super cool but, I wish I had more of the action in the earlier parts of the book but I suppose it’s a set up for the rest of the series. I like the characters and I find them to all the really interesting. I am excited to continue the series!


Edit: I should not have rated this so high. I DNF’d the series 🤪

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement

forestofinknpages's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, War

allisonmspiers's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Kidnapping, War, Classism

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Torture