Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Gleam by Raven Kennedy

112 reviews

erisedstraeh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: War and Torture

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

The pace picks up a bit and there's more plot but considering the page count, it feels like we should be seeing a lot more action. We finally get some smut though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Torture, Confinement, and Addiction

taylormaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

i liked glint but after gleam , i’m hooked on this series. i 10/10 recommend!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Trafficking

onism_catharsis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Drug abuse

lydiasturges's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.25

Thank the lord that Auren is finally seeing the light when it comes to Midas!! I just wish she didn’t have to be used and abused as much before she realized her worth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Confinement, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Child death, War, and Violence

dealfea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Vomit, Misogyny, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Blood, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Gore, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

hmb86's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

Moderate: Torture, Slavery, Drug use, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Rape, Trafficking, and Sexism

Minor: Pregnancy and War

readingisfun14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Loving Auren’s character arc and I love that Kennedy is adding in new perspectives to read from in the book. Makes it so much more intricate and complex! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

feuchtitive's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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? No

1.5

Just meh. But I’ve invested. Why am I still here?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Kidnapping

annick's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

1.0

Errr I’m still skimming and disliking this series. I was told the spider sex would be great (ch30-32, 36). It wasn’t worth it. And the melodramatic dark trauma scenes in the first quarter are unpleasant and not my vibe. 

Annoying it was the writing style that irritated the most. The multiple similes back to back. The excessive inner chatter of the first person narrators in POV characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement