Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Phantasma by Kaylie Smith

55 reviews

msmason's review

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, Death of parent

bookdragon_94's review

5.0

dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Major Phantom of the Opera vibes in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Death of parent

Minor: Cursing

jaxbaenre's review

4.5

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

tattedtrashreader's review

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury

laurenb1917's review

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is very hard for me to rate so my rating will probably change later.

I love the premise of this book. The games in Phantasma were incredible and exactly the level of realistic deaths/darkness I’d expect in something like this.
Phantasma (the house/game) itself kept me intrigued enough to keep reading. So did Blackwell.

Im a spice lover. But the sex scenes in this story was so explicit, it really just took me out of the story. I skipped through them because they truly added nothing to the plot. 

I know some people are annoyed at the ending but I enjoyed it. Don’t go in expecting the next great American novel. If you go into this book just looking for some entertainment, twists and turns, and romance… you’ll love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

litandlustful's review against another edition

4.5

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I am not usually one for horror, gore, and such. But this book is not as grotesque as I thought it would be, at least not to me. I loved the story, the spice, the characters. I loved the different beings, the different devils and the use of the 7 sins. I love the costumes and style put into the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Confinement

Bloof play

moguchima's review

4.0

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The plot was predictable, but the journey was fun nonetheless. I loved that the author spread awareness of OCD through the main character.

The narrator for the audiobook was phenomenal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

shaykay's review

4.5

adventurous dark 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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This was a pretty unique read, and kind of hard to put down. In the end, I do wish that the games/trials were a little bit more prominent. I feel like once the steam and side quest started coming into the picture, we kind of lost that attention we had on Phantasma but other than that it was a very addictive read. Plus, I'm so curious how Genevieve is even getting a book because everything gets wrapped up pretty tight in this one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Death of parent

rachiereadsgood's review

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The concept and care in portraying OCD was really nice, and the characters were relatable. The pace was quite quick, with lots of events to pull through. The romance felt like there wasn’t enough tension towards middle end, and some of the payoffs of the building tension were a bit flat. I also question the practicality of wearing gothic corsets and long skirts for every day, but I can suspend my disbelief on that one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture

erin819's review

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit