Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Glint by Raven Kennedy

78 reviews

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

mel_19's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

sam019's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Really good series! It's a mix of ACOTAR, FBAA and GOT. Loved the characters and their relationships with one another. Also love the tension, a very slow burn series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

kinsportch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infertility, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

michellemaas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

First read: 4 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Second read: 4.5 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

This book was a huge step-up from Gild. The world-building is quite intricate, but once the story kicked off, it KICKED OFF. 

There was an amazing plot twist (more than one, actually) which was masterfully written and I quite enjoyed having Kennedy go more in-depth with our characters. This is also the first book in the series to be told from multiple point-of-views, including Auren's, Malina's, and Midas' perspectives (I'm not counting that one chapter in the previous book) so that enhanced the story even more.

In conclusion, the book is entertaining, not too long and the characters are likable. That is all I usually ask of my fantasy books so I'm more than happy. Also, the Plated Prisoner series gives me such From Blood and Ash vibes so it's got that going for it too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

sades_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gaslighting

cbrew's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement and Drug use

Minor: Death and Pregnancy

baexlee's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

Definitely better than the first book in the series, but I’m really struggling to understand where the romance is in this series. I’m more interested than I was previously with the love interest but truly the first and second books should have been combined into one. The reveals and plot twists really didn’t pack as much punch as I was hoping for… overall it’s just fine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse

jinxedparadox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I've read all three books currently available in this series and I love them all!

The story starts off a little slow but then it starts drip feeding you these little hints that not everything is as it seems and it just drags you in. 

I will say one thing, it does take a lot for the main character to grow sometimes but please bear with!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse

peeshy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship