Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

28 reviews

thedambookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

moonlightreads007's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

The world building and character development in this book is absolutely phenomenal; I felt like I was immersed in the characters' universe while reading. I would describe the writing style as very detail-oriented and descriptive, with lots of dialogue interspersed. I loved the characters' friendships with one another and I appreciated the humorous interlude jokes included in the book as a way to ease the tension from the action and suspense that was happening. The only reason I took off half a star was because there was one part of the ending that I didn't like but aside from that, this was a very enjoyable read. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes reading fantasy and adventure books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, and Antisemitism

erin_362's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Oh my god this was so good 
I need the next one like now 

TRISTAN DIED??? I LOVED HIM NO :( 
That thing with the birds was a bit creepy but I’m assuming Tristan had some kind of mind issue because of that stupid Phobus Helmet so I can’t blame him :(

 
The action and story of this were incredible I’m really glad I finally picked this up 
I got it from my library so I need to buy it but I will be getting the next two from the library I need to know what happens next 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Ableism and Antisemitism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, and Sexual content

karambit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Gore, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Death of parent

bettysbookishworld's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed the book! It is not the best oneI have ever read but it has a potential to be one of my favourite series. Even though it did have some similarities with Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, it still had a different vibe to me (less dark, more adventurous and more fast-paced writing style than in SoC). 

Let´s start with the things I loved - characters! I enjoyed all POVs and cared about all of them. My favourite one was Zofia as I loved her mathematical and only fact-based way of thinking. Laila was a sweetheart and I loved her! Enrique was smart and funny at the same time which I love about characters. Séverin was my favourite too until the end of the book. So I don´t know what to think about him anymore. Another aspect of the book I liked were all these riddles and puzzles and random facts. That is what made the story interesting and fast-paced. Also the magic system using forging was so fascinating! 

But what ruined my excitement from the story was THE ENDING!!! Like why?

Tristan´s death was not suprising really and I liked him the least but why did we need to know that he was a psycho killing birds after he died? It completely ruined the character, the vibe of the book and it was such an unnecessary information we could live without. Also, I hate "the love triangle" between Zofia, Enrique and Hypnos (it was unnecessary too and felt really forced). And Séverin being the biggest asshole was a cherry on top and Laila does not deserve to be treated like that!

 

Overall, I enjoyed reading the book, really liked it and even though it had its flaws, I still want to read the other books in this series becase it was very enjoyable read! :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Torture

Minor: Animal cruelty

childoflight's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Racism, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.75

 I've read this book twice now and my experience has been the same both times. I find it to be fun, funny, and engaging when I'm actually reading it; however, I struggle to pick it back up once I've set it down. For me, this book is kind of like cotton candy: enjoyable at the time but intensely fleeting. I want to continue with the series, and I'm hopeful that, since I actually own the second book now, I will make progress in the new year; however, if I find myself forgetting about it again, I may just DNF the trilogy and call it done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Antisemitism

discworldwitch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Antisemitism, and Colonisation

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Racism, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Torture, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

moonytoast's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

roshani chokshi PLEASEEEEE take all my money 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Antisemitism