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Gilded by Marissa Meyer

30 reviews

woodbetweentheworlds's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, Gore, and Torture

passionatereader78's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

This is an enjoyable dark fantasy. I like the writing and the dark world Marissa has created.  Serilda goes out on the night of the full moon and runs into the Erlking. She tells him she can spin straw into gold to save her life. On the next full moon the Erlking comes for Serilda so she can show him her gift. This begins Serilda's dark journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Confinement, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy

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

aseel_reads's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• 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

4.0

Definitely did not see the plot twist coming and a big fan of how this story relates to Rumpelstiltskin, intrigued for the next book. I did like the fairytale style of writing and description, though at times, it was a bit tedious, especially when the plot was ramping up 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, Violence, Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

thelittlestmermaid's review

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

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

hermioneinravenclaw's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Grief, Animal death, Murder, Violence, War, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual content and Pregnancy

honuzbubbles's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Torture, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

outer_books's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a great one to read! I enjoyed it and it was so much fun!

I enjoyed the first few chapters until right before the last few ones. Those where I enjoyed the introduction to the world, to the German Folklore creatures and not just Rumpelstiltskin. The writing was so good! It was the most atmospheric.

I also refused to believe that this was a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin! I refused! I had no knowledge of this book and have never read any works of Marissa Meyer until this one but have heard of and been in my wishlist for so long! And this made me want to keep on reading here amazing work because if this type of writing is the same within all of her books then I would be happily to swim in it.

The only complaint about that I have to give was the romance. I felt nothing towards it, there was no chemistry there but I understand it. These are two people who had never experienced romantic and yearning love ever, BECAUSE OF REASONS, and they share that common reason. Makes sense to me and I know it might not to others but I do wish to see more interactions between them, a chemistry build up and something to form together in the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Violence, Death, Slavery, and Child death

Moderate: Stalking, Torture, Grief, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

beastly_bat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Torture, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy