Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

57 reviews

jennipea382's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Blood, Alcohol, and Classism

elgef's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexism, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Alcohol

tink2cma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Trafficking, Death of parent, and War

raes_reading_nook's review against another edition

medium-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? No

3.5

I definitely enjoyed this, and I’m curious to see where the series goes from here!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

sarahinvi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mariajoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I thought the premise was interesting, but the storytelling didn't quite do it for me. There weren't enough redeeming qualities in the characters for my taste. I wanted to see a little more development in the main character, the poor helpless woman energy got old for me pretty quick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Trafficking

heyitsnay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

kitsunasaur's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-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

This was a “reread,” I didn’t eat it up quite as fast as the first time, but I was still as eager to continue every time. Even as one of the weakest in the series it’s still so captivating to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

rachelglazer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

Not the strongest writing; the metaphors are weak and it definitely feels like the author stretched one book into a series needlessly. This whole book was build up for the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse and Alcohol

Gratuitous use of sexual violence to raise the stakes

secondhandbookshelves's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

my favorite character (and the best character imo) dies.
Snow pirates are bastards and if the other two side characters with personalities end up dying too I shall revolt. 
The ribbons are cool and Midas seems an impulsive, ruthless dick.

(pretty sure this is vague enough to not actually spoil anything but hey)

Double cliffhanger ending
Pretty dark
Still gunna read book two though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail