Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

6 reviews

anntharai's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Cliffhangers kill me but yet here we are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Bullying, Child abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, Confinement, Death, Slavery, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

dragonaion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

An excellent sequel, God's grave absolutely did not disappoint! The hardest thing about writing a sequel with such a known character is how to keep the character's development and growth believable, consistent, and still flow with the guidance of the story. 

With that, I am delighted to already have the final book beside me so I can read this story just as it feels it was written-back to back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Murder, Medical content, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, Violence, Trafficking, Sexual content, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit, Infertility, and Sexism

vespertine_moth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Vomit, Torture, Slavery, Murder, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

i want to give this five stars because the writing is incredible, but i can't because of the sexualization of minors. these kids are sixteen and seventeen and are being written about in a very sexualized manner that is uncomfortable. there are sex scenes between minors and this book was definitely intended to be consumed by the older end of the young adult group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Slavery, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Murder

alexwhy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This is just so clearly written by a man.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Confinement, Slavery, Vomit, and Gore

Moderate: Cursing

thelizzielibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Talk about a cliffhanger! We all know Jay Kristoff writes absolutely brilliant novels (if you don't know that, please come out from under your rock and join us), and this was another brilliant example. Too many things were so great, so here's a short list:
- The pacing! I hate books that bog me down in unnecessary explanations, and with the long timeline in this book, I expected to be frustrated with the pacing, but it was perfect.
- Those character arcs though. For real. I didn't know who was good or bad because everyone was morally grey, which is one of my favorite techniques in books, even when it drives me nuts.
- The narration of the book. Sometimes it was formed to trick the reader, and it was so subtle and well done!
- Obviously the world building is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit