Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

13 reviews

missgarceau's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Please check TW’s BEFORE reading!!

Spice: 🔥🔥🔥

I couldn’t put this down from start to finish. 

Although it felt somewhat predictable, I found myself not anticipating major plot twists. 

This is not a “happy” retelling, and deals with dark & difficult topics. Please be advised. 

However, I found the world, characters, and plot absolutely riveting. 

This ends on a cliffhanger, is an unfinished series, but the final book is scheduled to be released this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Blood, War, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, Hate crime, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Body shaming, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Hate crime, Infidelity, Cursing, Deportation, Gore, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

alicelt's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Torture, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Rape, Alcohol, Body horror, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

leah_anne's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, and Sexual assault

cluckieduck's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

Eh 🤷🏻‍♀️

Really lacked substance, but I’ve read it gets better so I’ll continue with book 2.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Slavery, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexism

novacaine's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense 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

5.0

Very dark. I can understand why people call it a long prequel but it was a fun read and has me super excited to start on book 2. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body horror, Rape, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse

aetelka's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, and Body horror

yougotsarahd's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, and Body horror

ruthlessreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? No

3.0

This book was extremely dark & slow at times but the plot was fascinating and the twist at the end really surprised me. Though there were some things that disturbed me, overall, I do want to find out what happens next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: War

Minor: Bullying

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Body horror, Slavery, Sexual content, Trafficking, and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit, Gaslighting, War, and Emotional abuse

michellemaas's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

First read: 3 - ⭐⭐⭐
Second read: 4 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Gild suffers from first book syndrome. By that, I mean that there's not a lot of stuff actually happening, more so just exposition. I consider the first book in a fantasy series the sacrificial lamb. You have to speed through it to get to the good stuff that usually starts during book 2. 

I heard the rest of the series is amazing, and the author is clearly very creative so I am willing to hold off my harsh judgments until I've read books 2 and 3. Like I said there seems to be a lot of potential since it is an interesting concept and the author is good. But just reviewing this book individually, it's very meh. Not bad but not good. I am hopeful for the rest of the series though.

*Edit
I have since read Glint and Gleam and I fully stand by my earlier assessment. The first book just had to set up the world-building and as soon as you get to book 2 the plot starts to kick in. I would definitely say that this series is worth the read, so don't judge it based on the first book alone. At least read until book 2 until you make any decisions.

Also, the series gave me strong From Blood and Ash vibes so if you enjoyed that series I think you will like the Plated Prisoner series and vice versa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Gaslighting, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Body shaming and Mental illness