Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

351 reviews

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I felt like a lot didn’t happen in this book and it was a lot of Auren complaining about life. I’m glad that she started to take charge of her life and see that she has been consistently failed by the men she encounters

Spoiler

other than Sail. I loved him

I don’t really like Midas and I don’t trust him. He gives me the ick and seems emotionally manipulative to someone who is naive and traumatized. I hope to see Auren get him in the future.

I’m intrigued enough to continue but this book was a little meh for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Misogyny, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gaslighting, Rape, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Blood, Sexual violence, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Trafficking, Infertility, and Vomit

delibrosypipetas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual content

stevienotnicks's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Sexism, Slavery, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

heather1023's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Rape, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

swolerabbit's review against another edition

too much sexual assault for my liking, let alone for a romance novel. 
and i'm supposed to read the whole series??? nope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Child death, Blood, Sexism, Rape, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Death, Confinement, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Violence, War, Slavery, Infertility, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

skyebird16's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

m0nnney's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I think it is misleading to label this book a romance. This book would also require trigger warnings. If you are aware what you are getting into, it could be a good read but I fear the marketing gets people into the book with wrong expectations leading them to misunderstand and dislike the book. Overall I thought it was insightful and could be a really good story about abuse and how it changes the abused. It could help understand why victims act the way they do and how ones worldview can be corrupted by years of abuse. I have not read any other books of the series so I do not know how it progresses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse

jennaxbakos's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Violence, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Cursing

jesslh313's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

icy_queen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Animal death, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Confinement, Blood, Death, and Sexual content