Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Glow by Raven Kennedy

27 reviews

dkgreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense slow-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

4.0

Not gonna lie, most of this book felt like filler. I think it was necessary filler, though; Slade’s backstory and Auren’s healing journey—physically and emotionally. It did drag a bit until the last , like, 5% then: BOOM! Everything happens real quick and in a hurry. Kinda not looking forward to all of the angst I predict Book 5 will bring, but also excited to see what happens next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Torture

annikenr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, and Murder

beckyremillard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

caroha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

The audiobook is painful to listen to due to the female narrator. There are so many mispronunciations, I feel my teeth are permanently damaged from clenching my jaw. The male narrator is fine. 
The book is consistent with the previous books in terms of quality- just pick up a physical copy or ebook. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and Violence

homesweetread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Infidelity

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

I really liked this book. It was nice to see Slade and Auren grow closer and see their relationship evolve. The ending of this book had me gasping, crying, clutching my pearls. It was nice to see more of Slade’s past and more of the world. Auren has been through so much and although she occasionally slips on her journey she is so resilient. The relationship between Slade and Ryatt is also complex and interesting. There are lots of great written characters

and a lot to happen in the impending war.

I’m really interested to see where the series goes from here but I’m invested 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

kobookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This might have been my favorite of the series so far- I like seeing Auren and Slades relationship grow and her grow into herself. Also the politics is getting intense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War

sam_gartley91's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense 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

5.0

Loved that it started right where it ended with the cliffhanger from the last book. I really enjoyed getting to learn more about Slade and Auren’s backgrounds and thought the multiple POVs and flashback chapters were very helpful to getting to the characters heads. Loved the steamy scenes and how they were all different and used within the plot of the story to keep moving it forward not just for spice. The last third of the book’s tense suspense as to what will happen next kept me pushing to get to the end! Ahhhh Another cliffhanger!!! Can’t wait to see what happens next in Gold!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Drug use and Emotional abuse

monica0309's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Murder

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail