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Reviews tagging 'Confinement'
Une fenêtre sur les ténèbres by Benjamin Peylet, Rachel Gillig
38 reviews
shadow_cat94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
The story was riveting, the characters are engaging, and the world building is constant. Rachel Gillig has a wonderful way with words that just made me want to cling to every sentence as I turned through the pages.
Character development isn't really a thing that happens in this book it's more about character revelations as we get to see the people behind their masks - their real motivations rather than the MC's preconceptions. However, this approach makes it feel like it's the Nightmare's story and Elspeth is the POV character as she is the only constant character that does not change while we follow her around. It's interesting and different.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
chanlo1994's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Druggingkai256's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Torture, Vomit, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
sxndaze's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
looking forward to reading book two!
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse and Child death
bethann_coleates's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
nixieba25f's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
jkmh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Confinement
crinkledmochi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Gothic, mystical, yet darkly cozy.
the romance was cute but definitely needed more fleshing out as everything happened within the span of a couple weeks.
the worldbuilding! yes ma’am, I hope that in the next book the world kinda opens up a bit more but with the way this book ended I don’t think we’re going very far.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
randirush's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Death, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Death of parent
scarlett_librarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug use