Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Gilded Cage by Lynette Noni

25 reviews

ashleysills's review

dark funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

Most of this book felt like a filler episode. It was extremely slow paced until the last 10% when everything went down. The ending left me stunned and a little mad, but in a mostly good way lol.

I really like Noni's characters. They're easy to either root for or hate, and I feel like they all have depth and flaws. The twists in this one were better than book one, in my opinion.

I just feel like this book could have been a lot shorter and I wouldn't have questioned it.

Side note: I usually have a hard time with audiobooks, but I listened to a good chunk of this one on audio and was surprised when I didn't hate it 😂 I didn't love the voices but overall it was done well and it was really fun to listen to while I drove (at 1.5x-2x speed)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Blood

Spice: kissing with thoughts of wanting more

erinnicolecreads's review against another edition

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

3.75

The beginning was a little slow & I don’t really love the main character but the story quickly picked up towards the end and I couldn’t put it down. Similarly to the first book, lots of plot twists, some predictable, some not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Violence

alielaine's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Vomit

sunniva174's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Kidnapping, and Drug abuse

bookishbeth96's review

funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

christina_chen's review

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Rape, Torture, Police brutality, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual violence, and Slavery

styxx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, War, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved how thr story showcases the struggles that people have choosing between families and friends. It doesn't back away from showing that sometimes there isn't a right answer and you can only go with what you know.

I very much enjoyed how the two families interact and the seeing both the similarities and differences between them. It is a great way to build up the drama for the final book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Terminal illness

kaylaboevers's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Blood

christygsp's review against another edition

4.25

I loved seeing Kiva outside of the Zalendov context in this story. Her battle between loyalties was interesting and played out quite well. 
I was punched in the gut several times in this book - especially at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, and Gore

Minor: Sexual content