Reviews with content warning for Emotional abuse - Gild

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Gild by Raven Kennedy

230 reviews

spazzcats's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I'm going to give the second book a chance (only because its on KU) but I cringed throughout most of this book. It was frequently gross and kind of predictable. I just didn't enjoy it much. Wouldn't compare this to Maas books.

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stephanie_w11's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

3.5

This is an intense read. I’m not sure what I expected but this did surprise me. I do really love Auren and am excited to see how her character continues to develop. I also really enjoyed the dual narration of this audiobook version. Still the violence against women in this story is a lot so it’s not going to be for everyone

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emmawickum's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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absentthinking98's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I did enjoy this story. However, it was a little rough in spots. There were definitely moments I found enjoyable and Im growing to like the FMC more and more. I'm excited to see where everything goes from here

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delaney_johnston's review against another edition

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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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robotnik's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm not the biggest fan of books that rely on "the world is dark and spooky because look at how abused women are". This is a lot of sexual abuse happening in this book and the women have exactly zero agency in it. The climax of the entire book includes a fairly detailed rape scene to it. There is absolutely zero "girlbossing" of any kind in it, regardless of what the main character thinks in the later half of the book.

I'm embarrassed to admit I was entertained by it, but here we are. It was kind of like From Blood and Ash but actually well written. I guess even I like this shit ass world building every now and again.

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