Reviews tagging 'Death'

Glow by Raven Kennedy

18 reviews

itsbrianascall's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-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? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal death

homesweetread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Infidelity

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

I really liked this book. It was nice to see Slade and Auren grow closer and see their relationship evolve. The ending of this book had me gasping, crying, clutching my pearls. It was nice to see more of Slade’s past and more of the world. Auren has been through so much and although she occasionally slips on her journey she is so resilient. The relationship between Slade and Ryatt is also complex and interesting. There are lots of great written characters

and a lot to happen in the impending war.

I’m really interested to see where the series goes from here but I’m invested 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Misogyny

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Torture, Blood, Emotional abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

_charliesbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, War, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical content, Child abuse, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Slavery, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

malisac16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Child abuse

naturally's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

3.75

not as strong as glint, or gleam, however i still had a fun time reading. the plot was very slow and huge portion of glow could be considered filler. but i think that we're provided with a very in-depth character study for slade, who i've been desperate to know more about, and auren.

whilst some old questions were answered, so many new ones emerged. we learned a lot about slade's powers but i was confused about

about the actual magic and physics lore of orea, bc it seems very sudden that slade can now rip holes in dimensions across time/from orea to annwyn. now that the bridge is restored, i'm predicting his father will reappear in gold???

the sex scenes were very...creative! ngl there was a major tone shift whenever they arose. gone was the fantasy feel, and in came the real-world 21st century porn script. still hot though. very funny too.

although, i'm not sure if the dom/sub, rough sex undertones really work in a narrative that highlights auren's recovery from an abusive relationship idk. food for thought

glow is a book where you have to just along with the plot. i'm so invested in the series at this point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Child abuse, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder and Death

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, War, and Addiction

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Rape, War, Grief, Misogyny, Infidelity, Drug use, and Alcohol

kinsportch's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, and Death of parent