Reviews tagging 'War'

Glint by Raven Kennedy

15 reviews

hanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-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

3.0

If someone asks you for the definition of a filler book, please show them this book.

Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed reading this! But at some point I looked down, saw that I was on page 370 and still — almost nothing had happened.

There's some character and relationship development and I did enjoy reading about the soldiers and their time at camp but really, all of that could've been shortened.

We do get loads of fun reveals at the end of the book though, one of them I really didn't expect. Will continue reading this series but really, don't expect too much plot from this installment (and I'm saying this as someone who's always characters > plot).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Toxic relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Classism, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape and Pregnancy

eleek0609's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, War, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

taylormaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

4 words to describe how i feel: what the actual hell. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, Rape, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

maralmao's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and War

scarlett_f's review

emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Slavery, Violence, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, and War

rutabaga02's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

Was much better than the first book which gave us absolutely nothing. Finally got some actual romance and action. Not really sure why the first book was necessary, let alone separate in the first place.

ALSO: There were literally more r*pe scenes than there were cute romantic moments. And the cute little main character never gets harmed because of course.  


*SPOILER ALERT*

Spoiler

Also I don't know if this will be explained in the next book yet, but why did Midas see King Rot and Rip in the same room, like actively looked between them in a sentence ("I look between him and his commander." pg. 437), if they are the same person? Is this a plot hole or will it be explained later? Did King Rot lie about being Rip to trick Auren or something? I really do not know. I suppose I will find out. However, Rip being King Rot was predictable but I still lost it at the plot twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, and War

Minor: Animal death

midnacine'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

5.0

Third time reading this book but first time listening to the audiobook and honestly I love it even more, and I didn't think that was possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Minor: War, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Trafficking

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, War, Medical content, Violence, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

Minor: Excrement, Child death, Pregnancy, Grief, Death of parent, and Gore

shaylaeliz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Infertility

ksherbz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, War, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Minor: Infertility