Reviews tagging Drug abuse

The Gilded Cage, by Lynette Noni

13 reviews

theespressoedition's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

4.0

How am I supposed to get anything done after reading that?! Lynette Noni knows what she's doing with her book endings, that's for sure. My husband put dinner in front of me and I didn't even look up for fifteen minutes as I finished the story. I couldn't function for another five after I set the book down. My dinner nearly went cold just because of this dang book!

I had so many questions at the end of The Prison Healer and a lot of them were answered brilliantly in this sequel. I don't want to write too much about the plot because I know there's still a lot that needs to happen in the next book--and I truly can't wait to dive in! I can absolutely see this becoming a favorite series. I was worried The Gilded Cage would have a strong case of "middle book syndrome" but it didn't suffer from that in the slightest. It was mesmerizing from page one and I was hooked on every line until the very end.

Okay, I need to go gear myself up to jump into The Blood Traitor next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Drug abuse

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: War

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

I feel pretty similar about this sequel as I did the first book. However, it almost feels like less happens in this book than the first book, given that most of the action is saved until the last like 25% of the book. There's a lot of politics and Kiva trying to find her place and reconcile with her family and it was...fine. Nothing necessarily to write home about.

Noni is great at writing plot twists (even I could predict most of them. I chalk that up to reading a lot of YA fantasy). The characters are also easy to love, Caldon was probably my favorite addition in this one. I loved him and I hope we get more of him in the final book. Which yes, I will be reading because I need to know how this all comes together. Especially for Tipp's sake. That boy deserves all the good in the world.

All in all, if you're looking for a YA fantasy with a strongly built world and a easy to love cast of central characters, you'll definitely enjoy this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

vi08's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping and Terminal illness

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Death, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, Terminal illness, Blood, Drug abuse, Rape, and War

lsiedlak's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

This was a good read (read it in one long binge read immediately after The Prison Healer) and very engaging. It did feel a little rushed at times, particularly when it came to various character developments that led to (actions) and (consequences), though that may have been because I read them back to back on the same day and had a direct comparison to the pacing in the first book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

bri1510's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

scarlettskyes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Terminal illness