Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey

8 reviews

geekmom's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

This book was fresh and original and completely sucked me in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Confinement, Cursing, and Blood

directorpurry's review

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content and Transphobia

szuum's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content and Transphobia

aralakh's review

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Transphobia

courtsbooks's review

adventurous reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Transphobia, Incest, and Infertility

maddiebusick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Violence

bookswithjk's review

adventurous challenging 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

The story starts off slow, but once you become accustomed to the language, the pacing really picks up. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Transphobia, Death, Confinement, Infertility, and Cannibalism

jessd47's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Confinement, and Death

Minor: Cannibalism