Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

190 reviews

maja__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

lucycharm9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

4.5

I like this! Even though it has many problems and certain scenes might seem unbearable, disgusting, or chaotic (yes I am referring to the orgy in the first chapter, and many misogynic stuff mostly happened throughout this book) to some readers, I found it oddly unique and I could not put this one down. (Also it made me ugly cry when Sail was killed. How cruel you took away the only friend Auren had!) Midas was a manipulative jerk. He seemed possessive but made me feel like he was just using Auren but not truly loving her. Otherwise he would not participate in orgies right in front of Auren's face! Bastard! I bet he was not the true MMC of this series. I will put my bet on the king of the Fourth Kingdom and hoping we will get another shadow daddy like Rhys! 

Heat: 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Torture and Violence

patrissia10's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

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

tink2cma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Classism, Sexism, Confinement, Slavery, and Rape

Moderate: War, Death of parent, and Trafficking

ntanash's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying

pkrou's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, and Rape

gfaith's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Trafficking, War, and Infidelity

Minor: Murder, Death, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

michhxox's review against another edition

dark medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

phlipsie's review against another edition

2.5

Awfully boring with lots of disgusting male characters. I doubled the audio speed to power through because the next ones are supposed to be significantly better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Murder, Violence, Slavery, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Alcoholism, Rape, and Trafficking

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