Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Glint by Raven Kennedy

3 reviews

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

michellemaas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

First read: 4 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Second read: 4.5 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

This book was a huge step-up from Gild. The world-building is quite intricate, but once the story kicked off, it KICKED OFF. 

There was an amazing plot twist (more than one, actually) which was masterfully written and I quite enjoyed having Kennedy go more in-depth with our characters. This is also the first book in the series to be told from multiple point-of-views, including Auren's, Malina's, and Midas' perspectives (I'm not counting that one chapter in the previous book) so that enhanced the story even more.

In conclusion, the book is entertaining, not too long and the characters are likable. That is all I usually ask of my fantasy books so I'm more than happy. Also, the Plated Prisoner series gives me such From Blood and Ash vibes so it's got that going for it too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Blood, Gore, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Trafficking

Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

joss_louise's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

This book constantly has you second guessing where you think the plot is heading, you may be right in the end but you can guarantee that you were mislead in places to through you off course. I have also never hated a character as much as I hate Midas, I thought I hated tamlin from the actoar series but I can say with all of my being that I loathe Midas so much more. I hope some very bad things happen to him in the next book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Kidnapping