Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Gleam by Raven Kennedy

50 reviews

januaryt123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-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: Torture, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Child abuse, Slavery, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Grief, Gore, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Confinement, and Addiction

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Addiction

nursemeghanreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

kodafaith's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

This book actually hurt me to read. Seeing all of the trauma that Auren has endured makes you truly understand her behaviors, why she holds so tightly to Midas and pushes everything else away. Seeing her start to open her eyes to her abuse and then to literally have no choice to but to see

Because dear God Midas did you have to literally drug, mutilate, and torture this poor girl like stalking, brainwashing, using and manipulating wasn’t enough…. Thank god you died

what he has been doing all along.
The breaking in the end was so deserved but so freaking painful. To read everything she went through and just to think “Slade are you almost here… Slade she needs you… SLADE” but to know that Auren really needs to save herself. It was so nauseating to see her endure such painful trauma but I think that is a reason why this series has hit me so much harder than a lot of other fantasy out there…
Just so good. Can’t wait for more and to see how this story is going to end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Drug use

lovesickreadings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Trafficking, Torture, Gaslighting, Confinement, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, War, Violence, and Drug abuse

cluckieduck's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

These books certainly keep getting better! Also, the fact that she’s managed to make the ribbons their own character is amazing (and heartbreaking, ngl).

I’m going to say that the extra length in this one that helped flesh out some of the characters and plot that was missing in books 1 & 2 for me, but the overall arc is settling in and progressing nicely, then BOOM. That last 20% was such an emotional roller coaster that left me reeling!

The expanding list of multiple POVs was appreciated, though I could do without any more from Malina (I get the reasons but man, she’s a whiny cow).

Excited to see where Glow takes us!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Addiction, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy and Classism

Minor: Vomit

kotahlotah's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Confinement, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Minor: Vomit, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and War

cassalsace's review against another edition

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

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Torture, Blood, and Gaslighting

jackie_recommends's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Infertility

sam019's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.75

What a great series! Hate that the last two books aren't out yet. I read these books to take me out of my reading slump but I'm afraid I'm about to go right back into my slump. This series has everything, adventure, magic, fantasy, lovable caracters, brutality, tension, romance you name it. Love that the main character isn't dependent on the men in the series aswell, they play very important roles, but she grows and ultimately relies on her self for safety and her own personal growth. Love it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship