Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Glint by Raven Kennedy

7 reviews

yarisbooksandbevs's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

I liked this one better than the first. I was really struggling to love Auren. Rip intrigued me from the get go and Midas has always given me the ick. I also found a lot of the reveals predictable in this book.

I had to keep reminding myself that Auren is responding to trauma and that’s why she makes what I would call dumb decisions. It made it difficult to get through sometimes. I want to root for Queen Malina but I am not rooting for her she’s almost as ugly as Midas. Midas not having any actual powers surprised me and Rip and Rot being the same person also surprised me

There was enough interesting things and surprises to keep me interested but I’m going to need Auren to step it up for me to love this series because at this time it’s a meh. I do like however how it shows someone breaking down and dismantling their beliefs and how difficult that can be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Rape, War, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Infertility, Alcohol, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

frantically's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

If someone asks you for the definition of a filler book, please show them this book.

Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed reading this! But at some point I looked down, saw that I was on page 370 and still — almost nothing had happened.

There's some character and relationship development and I did enjoy reading about the soldiers and their time at camp but really, all of that could've been shortened.

We do get loads of fun reveals at the end of the book though, one of them I really didn't expect. Will continue reading this series but really, don't expect too much plot from this installment (and I'm saying this as someone who's always characters > plot).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Toxic relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Classism, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape and Pregnancy

annick's review

slow-paced

0.75

Ergh. Predicable. Boring. Even skimming this was tedious. Barely any plot. And far far too much inner narrative from the first person narratives of the handful of POV characters. And only if brief scene of spice by queen Malina. Thankfully no traumatic violence from book one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Violence, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Classism, and Colonisation

bryelle's review

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-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

4.5

This is book 2 of the Gild series. Auren, the saddles, and the guards have been taken by the 4th kingdoms army. They are making their way to the 5th kingdom still to meet with Midas and King Rot. 

Auren learns to look more at her self as a powerful person. She has trusted Midas for a decade to keep her safe because he did when she was down on her luck. She is seeing “cracks” in their relationship and she is analyzing that internally. 

Auren is amazing and watching her get more control of her powers is amazing. (Her being the real “Midas.) Rip is King Ravinger!!!!!!!!!!!!</spoiler

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Classism, Slavery, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Infertility, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

nursemeghanreads's review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and War

ka_ke's review

adventurous dark 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

4.0

Is it predictable? Yes, is it good? Also yes. It also wasn’t as spicy as I believed it to be, but I think the third book is spicier? All that aside, the Wrath are my favourites along with Keg and the mender! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Violence, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Death, Misogyny, and Sexual content

mypatronusisajedi's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Cursing, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Misogyny