Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

157 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

lizzyspooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Confinement

Minor: Violence and War

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

maribeth_brinkley's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Confinement, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence

jody_diou's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Rape

beckyj514's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Sexual content

carithecandy's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.75

Während der ersten 75% des Buches war ich mir nicht sicher, ob ich weiterlesen sollte, da gefült alle 2 Seiten einfach nur für den Plot unnötige Gewalt gegen Frauen zu lesen war, ich die mentale Stabilität der Hauptcharakterin sehr stark angezweifelt habe (und noch immer tue) und alles in Allem sehr befremdlich war.
Das Ende war zwar nicht weniger gewaltvoll, doch wenigstens hat es geschafft, dass ich mich zumindest ansatzweise dafür interessiere, wie es wohl weitergeht. Ob ich den 2. Teil irgendwann lesen wollen würde weiß ich aber noch nicht...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Vomit

whatischellereading's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Confinement, and Physical abuse

purplexwidow's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.75

This is the weakest of the series, but it gets better with the next book! It was hard to get into the MC’s head and really get a sense of who she was and what she wanted. Unhealthy obsession with a man that was clearly a jerk was challenging to power through, but it’s admission price for the rest of the series I suppose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual content

karydiazc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

Those plot twist are good!

I like my books with world building... And this one was lacking, hopefully we'll learn more about this world in the following books. The characters were mostly annoying, including Auren. The only person who I like was Sail

who, of course I knew was going to die from the moment he was introduced

This book is very sexual, but not even in an interesting or hot way... It is more like abuse of power in order to get to the sex... So definitely not cool if you're looking for a spicy book... Also... Check the trigger warnings before reading, please. Specially if you have trauma related to topics like the ones I just mentioned. 

I'm really interested in knowing what will happen and already have my theories about some characters. Hopefully the next book will have more action and won't be as slow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts