Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

254 reviews

jkwel's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

Enjoyable, writing is not fantastic but it’s a entertaining story and the drama is stepping up a bit. Def reading the next one but very heavy emotional read but loved the lil catch at the end.  Main character is like able and i’m enjoying following her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, Rape, Gore, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

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

makaylastep's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Trafficking, Rape, Physical abuse, Torture, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Violence

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

jera_0_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Rape

Minor: Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

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

elgef's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

agustdefault's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

this book is so bad. like truly awful. the phrase “balls deep” is used on literally page 2 and i cant even count how many times they said the word cunt. i saw a review that said it was all worldbuilfing but there literally?? wasnt any?? no info on the origin of orea or how the kingdoms formed. no info on the saddles or why theyre called that. very little info on aurens life before midas and like a few paragraphs sort of explaining how they met but no relationship development from then to now. three pages of info on the fae/magic system. the fae and pirates were introduced very suddenly without explanation. and pretty much no info on how the magic works or why everyone has different powers or anything. also there is no romance.

when you finally are introduced to a likeable character they almost immediately kill him off. theres also absolutely no romance in a book thats marketed as fantasy romance. im assuming there will be in future books but the guy who i assume is going to be the love interest isnt even introduced until the last like 20 pages???? and so far there has been literally no talk about how shes in love with an abuser

so. this book is bad. but also somehow entertaining. it kind of felt like watching trash tv and i lowkey might read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexism, and Trafficking

fdoubledashx's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

Strong presence of sex-related topics which I’m not a huge fan of, but the plot kept me hooked and I finished it in one sitting. Auren has severe Stockholm syndrome. Sail and Digby are by far the most likeable characters so I really hope Digby survives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Violence, Trafficking, and Rape