Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Glint by Raven Kennedy

54 reviews

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

georgiaisreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

librarymama's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.5

The continuation of the gold plated prisoner series, a retelling of the story of Midas. It’s dark and captivating in a way similar to ACOTAR. The character progression is beautifully done and important life lessons about what is to be a woman in a man’s world are sprinkled through. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is because I wanted to see more between Auren and Rip.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

joss_louise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

This book constantly has you second guessing where you think the plot is heading, you may be right in the end but you can guarantee that you were mislead in places to through you off course. I have also never hated a character as much as I hate Midas, I thought I hated tamlin from the actoar series but I can say with all of my being that I loathe Midas so much more. I hope some very bad things happen to him in the next book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping