Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Gilded by Marissa Meyer

5 reviews

clairew97's review against another edition

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

4.25

---

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

reading_ani's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.75

Absolutely loved this retelling! It’s pretty dark and I have to be honest, at the beginning, I thought the Erlking would be the love interest or he would at least be part of a love triangle, but oh boy was I wrong… or who knows, maybe in the sequel?! I loved the direction the story took and that even

Rumpelstilskin didn’t know his actual name or his past.

I also absolutely love the foreshadowing of no book containing the history of the castle. It’s VERY evident what will happen in the second book, but hey, it’s YA, so…. that’s okay. I love the direction the story took and can’t wait to read the sequel.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

cassellwrites's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Child death, and Bullying

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Self harm, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

lalabeths's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-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? Yes

4.0

❤️ Love ❤️
- Marissa Meyer 
- retelling of folklore in new way
- gruesome / dark nature of Grimm tales is kept 
- writing style 
- can’t wait to read the next 

🍅 Meh 🍅
- could predict parts of the book pretty easily
- the romance aspect felt very sped up 
- pacing was ok

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide, War, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Abandonment