Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

59 reviews

delaney_johnston's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse and Trafficking

readbyjaimes's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.25

This book is a promising start, although I will say Auren did annoy me a little. But I'm looking forward to see where this story takes us and Auren. I feel like this was definitely just the tip of the iceberg. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Trafficking

hanreadssbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

i had put off reading this book for a long time, simply because i didn’t think i’d be interested, but i was so very wrong. i will say it does start out blandly in the beginning, yet picks up quickly. my interest was fully piqued by page 50 and now i can’t wait to read the rest of the series. i would have rated it 5 stars if it wasn’t for the ridiculous amount of world building and the absolute monsters that were most of the male characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Trafficking

peachtess's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

Check the trigger warnings before reading. Interesting world building. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse and Trafficking

kyrieh444's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse

mostlyharmless42's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

jennipea382's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Blood, Alcohol, and Classism

elgef's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexism, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Alcohol

gfaith's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infidelity, Trafficking, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Blood, and Murder

phlipsie's review against another edition

2.5

Awfully boring with lots of disgusting male characters. I doubled the audio speed to power through because the next ones are supposed to be significantly better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gore, Rape, Trafficking, and Death of parent

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