Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

209 reviews

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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jnwunder's review against another edition

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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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texasmama2's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. Just when you think Auren will get a bit of a chance at  some freedoms in her life, things change. Auren’s life is thrown off kilter and she must find the strength to survive and help the other saddles survive as well. Auren reveals something about herself that she’s kept secret all her life. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! How will Auren find her way back to her beloved King without revealing anything else?

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marleyellise's review against another edition

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

4.0

The one thing I would say about this book so far is that I was looking for the ‘Rhysand’. It must be like an ACOTAR effect or something…
 Auren is with King Midas and she adores him.. but SURELY there’s someone coming protect her and to sweep her off her feet, right? 

This series is a lot darker and VERY adult compared to some other romantasy series, but I am really intrigued into what Aurens future holds and ultimately, who is going to be feuding with who, what other information will we learn about the fae, is Auren going to make friends with the other saddles, who is her final love interest.. there’s so many unanswered questions! 
This is a 4 book series so I could tell in the way this first book was written/structured that there will be room for lots of  world and character development. 

Overall considering I have put off starting this series for over a year now, I’m pretty pleased with this first book 😅. 

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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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spookylu's review against another edition

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

3.0


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panamanda's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25


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lucindahoi's review against another edition

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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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