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The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

51 reviews

deerlybeloved's review

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

A thrilling and perfectly set-up heist movie in a book format, with more likeable characters and a plot that goes beyond, 'watch people go through lasers'. The cast is beautiful and interesting, the magic system is something to behold, and from the beginning you find yourself desperately hoping the best for the characters you meet.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Xenophobia, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Classism, Animal cruelty, Racism, Colonisation, Child abuse, Torture, Cultural appropriation, Animal death, and Misogyny

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The vibes. I loved reading it and wanted to come back every time. It isnt 5/5 just because I didnt understand where we were in the space sometimes and I did not understand their age. When I started the book i thout that they were adults but they're like 18. Overall love love highly reccomand will definitly be continuing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Antisemitism, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, and Xenophobia

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

aniquegrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

it has all the characteristics of a great fiction novel but it felt rushed. the characters are underdeveloped and so is the plot, which is too bad because the world building is cool and the characters are super diverse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

moonlightreads007's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

The world building and character development in this book is absolutely phenomenal; I felt like I was immersed in the characters' universe while reading. I would describe the writing style as very detail-oriented and descriptive, with lots of dialogue interspersed. I loved the characters' friendships with one another and I appreciated the humorous interlude jokes included in the book as a way to ease the tension from the action and suspense that was happening. The only reason I took off half a star was because there was one part of the ending that I didn't like but aside from that, this was a very enjoyable read. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes reading fantasy and adventure books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Blood, and Ableism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, and Antisemitism

silodear's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I didn’t hate this book (as many in my book club did), but to say it was well written would be a lie. That being said, if I sort of closed my eyes halfway and suspended my disbelief about the many many many elements of the story that didn’t make sense, I dare say I enjoyed the ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

rtaire's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Antisemitism, Homophobia, Racism, and Ableism

carolined314's review

adventurous challenging dark lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Team heist/romp in fantastical world. A bit of Indiana Jones puzzle thrown in. Felt a little rushed, chaotic, deus ex for me, but certainly fun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Violence

booksthatburn's review against another edition

Having trouble tracking the dynamics of the group since they’re already a team when the book begins. Also, for the audiobook, one of the narrators has a very flat affect which conflicts with the liveliness of the other narrator’s portions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, and Alcoholism

sturmhcndss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Violence

bdingz's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This book has an ensemble of character and the principal protagonist, Séverin, is the least interesting of them all. I hope the future books focus more on the others because I like them far more.

Overall, I liked this book but didn’t love it. I started by listening to the audiobook, but I switched to a physical copy (The narrators of the audiobook gave every character a fake French accent. This was grating and at times impeded by understanding of the dialogue and therefore, the story). The ending dragged a tad bit. That said, I love the world Chokshi built and I may read further. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Racism and Antisemitism