Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

55 reviews

poempelnator's review against another edition

DNF 69%
I was straight up not having a good time.
I don't need fiction, if I wanna read about women being degraded and humiliated.

I didn't wanna judge too soon so I watched a summary/recap of the next two books so I can assume - it does not get better.
Even if you'd say "oh but it's dark fantasy so you're just weak" I think it's not well written. It's not intriguing. I don't care for the characters. I wasn't entertained.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Classism

sthesp_2024's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

I hated the characters a lot during this whole book, but all the time but a lot of people did very dumb things… though I can find the love for everyone on there own rights… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

itsbrianascall's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

lily_is_trying_to_read's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

the writing was quality but the plot was nothingness unfortunately. I think it might develop in the next book... we shall see

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jeez it was all a bit unnecessary.... lots of bad stuff

samskiejo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming

azapolya's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

jenminicricket's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I definitely plan to continue this series. I am intrigued by the premise and hopefully that the future books in the series will be fit my reading style a bit better. Of course the genre that it is, there are plenty of red flags a waving everywhere, but we seemed to creep through the plot. It is definitely a character focused book, but I would have loved a few more answers and something a but stronger to pull me through the slower cadence of the novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

spaghettii's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

jen_sten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying and Death of parent

lydiasturges's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I know that Auren’s in this abusive and controlling relationship, but I just want her to make her own power and kick some ass instead of watching things happen to her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Trafficking