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Gilded by Marissa Meyer

52 reviews

brittmariasbooks's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

OMG AAH! Wat houd ik toch van Marissa Meyer's boeken. Zoals gewoonlijk was het weer heerlijk romantisch en sprookjesachtig. Maar deze keer zat er ook echt die grimmige kant aan, wat vernieuwend was voor Meyer's verhalen.

Ik vond Serilda weer een bijzonder fijne, sterke hoofdpersoon. Ik ben zeer benieuwd naar Vervloekt!

Ik vond de vertaling erg fijn. Ook omdat er veel Duitse termen voorbij kwamen vanwege de Germaanse mythologie. Erg cool om die mythologie ook terug te zien in boeken. 

Ik vind het bijna jammer dat ik zolang heb gewacht met het lezen van deze duologie. Maar dankzij Yaltival had ik eindelijk de noodzaak om ze voorrang te geven en zal het verhaal mij fris in het geheugen zitten als ik Marissa Meyer weer zal ontmoeten op 30 juni 2024!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Abortion

eliotadrift's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy and Abortion

kymopolaya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abortion and Sexual content

clem9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

4.0

I loved this book, I don't even know how to describe how I feel. 
I know it's a retelling, but I don't think I knew about it in the first place so ... Anyway, I didn't have much expectations while beigining but I was not disappointed in the least. 
I think I went from every emotions possible with this book. But the last few chapters almost killed me with anticipation and I really didn't see this ending coming. I'm really excited to read book 2. 
I spent my all read making theories about what could happen next or what could something, which is really exciting while reading and makes you not wan to put the book down. 

Serilda was probably my fav character of the book, I love her so much, she's such a kind person and deserves so much better from the people in her town whom are such assholes to her for no reason. Also, she lost so much in this book, I seriously hope to see her getting the happy ending she deserves with Gild ;)  she's very brave and doesn't hesitate to talk her mind or defend herself with her words which I admire so much. I found very interesting to realize that every stories she tells are not just stories but are in fact true. 

Gild, I found him so cute and as well as Serilda, he has such a sad story. I hope to see more of him in the next book, cause I feel like we still don't know much about him. But he's so adorable. 

Erlking, is such a great bad guy, cause we just hate him. There's not anything that makes us want for him to "win" or just feel bad for him (which is impossible in my opinion). Everything he did through Serilda's stories or during the present time is horrible and I hope he'll pay. If you hate him in the begining what he does to those children and him being responsible for Serilda's father's death (and probably her mother's too ? but I think we'll learn more of this in Book 2) just makes you hope for him to finally be taken by Velos (I truly hope and believe it's his end in book 2)

This first of the duology made my expectations for book 2 to be so high I hope I won't be disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Child death, Abortion, and Death of parent

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

I’m not super familiar with the Rumplestiltskin fairy tale but this seemed like a fairly dark twist on the tale. I think it was a bit long and could’ve been edited down to keep it more condensed and punchy plot wise. I really enjoyed Serilda’s gift for storytelling throughout the book, but this did the whole - not a whole lot of action must be saving it all for book 2 thing 

 🌶️ 2.5/5 (closed door)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Abortion and Sexual content

clairew97's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Violence, Torture, Cannibalism, Grief, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Blood, and Body horror

thelittlestmermaid's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, Pregnancy, Blood, and Torture

Minor: Medical content, Abortion, and Miscarriage

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I think overly high expectations based on the author’s other series ruined this for me. Most of this book dragged, and the interesting bits felt like a splash of flavor to get me interested in book 2. 

The romance felt very trite and the supporting characters were incredibly flat. The setting/universe is really interesting, but it’s left so unexplored for the first half of this giant book. 

The ending is pure sequel tease. I really hate when authors can’t wrap up a book in a series well & rely on a cliffhanger 

I already purchased the second book along with this one bc I was feeling optimistic; I’ll read it to see if maybe things heat up. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Self harm, Pregnancy, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Violence, Torture, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage

voldycat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Vomit