Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

166 reviews

stephanie_w11's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Trafficking

emmawickum's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and War

jnwunder's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed it overall but hated that it ended on a cliffhanger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, and Trafficking

robotnik's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Murder

aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lucindahoi's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

whatkatyread87's review against another edition

This is the worst

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

stuffed_with_books's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

Not all that glitters is gold. Nice setup to the series, strong FMC. Nice twist near the end. The book is addicting and hard to put down. Heed the trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexism

karalyndawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

It definitely wasn’t what I was expecting but I didn’t hate it. I started to enjoy it more towards the end when

Auren left the castle

. I thought Auren was a fun character, she is darkly funny and I’m curious where the story will go next. I thought it would be more sexy spicy but there was a lot of dark sexual content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

izzy_fg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, and Gaslighting

Minor: Trafficking