Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Gleam by Raven Kennedy

84 reviews

xlaurareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

screaming, crying, throwing up - this book was an absolute banger! i was anxious, i was sad, i was furious, happy, and completely torn apart. the character developmemt, the world-building, the plot twists - everything was amazing and thought through in greatest detail. the twist at the end of the book regarding midas? i wasn't expecting that and i was shocked to the bones. and the ending?

he deserved how auren ended him. every bit of it and more. i hate that bastard with all my heart.

the epilogue wasn't that much needed in my opinion although i greatly appreciate slade's perspective. and what i didn't like too much was the dirty talk. i mean, it was amazing..if it wasn't for the time this book is set in, that just didn't fit too well for me and disturbed my reading experience a teeny weeny bit. however, the book was so exceptional that i cannot for the life of me deduct points for this minor issue. this really might be new favorite series (and that means a lot after acotar had my heart for years). 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

becxreadz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Liked
*Auren's growth
*Finally some steam
*Getting multiple povs
*Midas is thr most sadistic sob I've ever read.  Oh I hated that bastard. 
*Beautiful book design
*Kept me hooked and on edge

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, and Gaslighting

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Infertility, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

bryelle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is book three of the glint series. Auren does a lot of growing in this book. She is seeing her value and seeing that she needs to save herself. Auren is reunited with Midas and she start to see him for who he truly is. This book is long but worth it. Ends on another cliffhanger. 

Auren falls more in love with Slade. She gets to see both sides of him. Auren learns to use her gold power even when it is not day time. Slade has to rot her to save her.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infertility, Trafficking, and Stalking

hannahs_library__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is easily the best book in the series and the writing has improved with each book. These characters have my entire heart 💖

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

nursemeghanreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

2.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

campisforever's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Listen, as part of the series the book is good. And the people who are upset about the perspective of the first sex scene are wrong—it’s great. 

There is, however, absolutely no reason this book should be almost 700 pages long. This one is slower than the other two, it drags, it repeats itself, and it includes points of view that aren’t necessary. Especially the last 70-100 pages, and the last two chapters (which are the same scene, word for word, from two different characters perspectives) are so slow and repetitive. I’m not into the “give me the same scene from this perspective now” because I think it’s lazy writing, honestly, so if I’d known I would have only read one of those chapters instead of both, because there was nothing additive about the second one. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Trafficking and Pregnancy

lovesickreadings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Gaslighting, and War

cluckieduck's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

These books certainly keep getting better! Also, the fact that she’s managed to make the ribbons their own character is amazing (and heartbreaking, ngl).

I’m going to say that the extra length in this one that helped flesh out some of the characters and plot that was missing in books 1 & 2 for me, but the overall arc is settling in and progressing nicely, then BOOM. That last 20% was such an emotional roller coaster that left me reeling!

The expanding list of multiple POVs was appreciated, though I could do without any more from Malina (I get the reasons but man, she’s a whiny cow).

Excited to see where Glow takes us!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy and Classism

Minor: Vomit

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark 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

The spice makes it worth it. Without the spice it would have been unbearable. I enjoyed the Wrath, if they had been more than supporting characters it may have helped the book. Ultimately the twist did catch me off guard, but I wonder what Glow will be about. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Trafficking, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail