Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

38 reviews

jennipea382's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gore, Infidelity, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Grief, Rape, and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, and Adult/minor relationship

booknerdcoco's review

slow-paced

3.0

OK so this book was really slow, and not much happened until towards the end. However, I have heard that the series overall is good and the second book is better. It is typical for the first book of a series to be predominantly concerned with scene setting so I won't write it off just yet.

The book has lots of swearing in, and some of the scenes aren't for the lighthearted.

There are strong themes of oppression against women, however, I have a feeling that this series will predominantly contain kick ass feminine energy so watch this space.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Violence

toribth's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Well, damn. That was certainly something.

The story was fast-paced and easy to binge, I enjoyed that! I also liked the writing, even though the editing was a bit bumpy here and there, as the beginnings of chapters sometimes felt like the author took a writing break and then repeated a lot of the things she just said in the previous chapter.

HOWEVER, this is far too rapey for my taste. Too much sexual assault, too much ON PAGE sexual assault, too much verbal assault and misogyny. Yes, I did read the TW, and yes, I'm aware it's an adult fantasy book, and if you're fine with it, good for you, but I feel like there's a difference between SA as a plot point (which is valid) and SA just for shock factor. Like, I don't need to read 400 pages of degradation of women to get that they don't hold a very high social standing in this world. I got it after the first 3 rape attempts.

I've seen the term torture porn thrown around in some of the reviews here, and I'm not sure if I'd go that far, but it does come across as a bit fetishised at times. If you're gonna include that much misogyny, at least give us some saving graces, something to keep the spirits up, because I thinks there's very little enjoyment to get out of a book that constantly makes you hate every single person in it. Give us ONE person who respects women, ONE conversation that does not include some form of degradation, I'm begging you.

The only characters I loved were Digby and Sail and they were A) minor side characters and B) dead lol. At least one of them. Which I'm still mad about.

Anyway, I do think I'll continue with the series, cause despite everything I'm kinda hooked, and I have high hopes for the tall dark mysterious fae dude at the end who I'm like 99% sure will be the actual love interest. I do really hope the other parts have less sexualised violence though, cause I'm sick of it and I certainly don't need to accumulate more hate for men than I already have.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death and Adult/minor relationship

mrsgeorge_22's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

This book pulls you in from the very beginning, the twists and turns kept me wanting to read more. I loved the book and am already reading the second one. It is intense, so be warned! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

lobay's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Murder

Minor: Trafficking

sarahinvi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Rape, Sexism, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Gore, Trafficking, Death, Confinement, War, Sexual assault, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

faerybookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, War, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, and Sexual content

sophienocturne's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Really enjoyed this! A lot of build up but I'm looking forward to seeing where the plot goes in the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

lily_is_trying_to_read's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

the writing was quality but the plot was nothingness unfortunately. I think it might develop in the next book... we shall see

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

jeez it was all a bit unnecessary.... lots of bad stuff

secondhandbookshelves's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

my favorite character (and the best character imo) dies.
Snow pirates are bastards and if the other two side characters with personalities end up dying too I shall revolt. 
The ribbons are cool and Midas seems an impulsive, ruthless dick.

(pretty sure this is vague enough to not actually spoil anything but hey)

Double cliffhanger ending
Pretty dark
Still gunna read book two though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Trafficking, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Infertility