Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

244 reviews

gotem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

Get past the first 100ish pages, and its a riveting book about found family, the exposure of intense indoctrination, and magical girl powers all wrapped in one.

Unsettlingly gory at parts, and strikingly vague in others. This would work well for someone who reads with a heavy focus on action and dialogue. Please do mind the trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexism, Vomit, Trafficking, Body horror, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Child abuse, Torture, War, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

theelizabethjoy's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This book did not disappoint, in fact it was delightful and surprising. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Rape

alliskarathe's review against another edition

adventurous dark

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

4.5

I CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE BC WOW I NEVER PREDICTED THIS TO BE SUCH AN EAZY FIVE STARS

*update after a depressing like 8 months
why tf did i misspell easy and also mispell
anyways 5 stars? i lowkey hated this series after a point 
couldnt make it thru second book
maybe partly bc it was online
it just wasnt epic?? and not war-y enough
i understand i liked it back then tho so ill give it a good 4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Abandonment, Rape, and War

Minor: Sexual violence and Transphobia

georginia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Murder

Minor: Rape

nomackenzie's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Enjoyable ready that has me wanting to move right onto the sequel! The friendships are so well developed - I kinda wish the romance element had the same level of development, though. I also felt something was missing from Deka's character. She just needed a little more bite or humour or something to make her more lovable - the side characters definitely outshone her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Vomit and Rape

yalestay's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Racism

Minor: Rape

dannoboy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Blood, Trafficking, Torture, Violence, Gore, Rape, Murder, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Slavery, Vomit, and Pedophilia

natsbooknook's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

The Gilded ones was an excellent piece of YA; the concept was unique - I didn't feel like I was reading the same story as something else, just with different names. The underlying themes and feminist undertones were so on point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

kathyreadsalot's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, War, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Rape, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Cursing, Torture, and Vomit

c_humo's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Death, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail