Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Gild by Raven Kennedy

129 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

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

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

spaghettii's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Physical abuse, Rape, Trafficking, Violence, War, Cursing, Infertility, and Torture

pagepixie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This book is HEAVY. It’s honestly emotionally taxing and I wasn’t expecting it. 

I was deeply d saddened by the themes of the book and it made it difficult to get through at certain parts. It’s violent. Mostly towards women. 

However, I was gripped from page one. 

I liked three characters in this book. The MC, Auren, I liked Sail (my baby boy) and Digby. By the end I liked Rissa too. 

Mostly I hate everyone tho lol. 

However! I love the turn this book took at the end! I can’t believe I didn’t guess it earlier! Auren is the one who can turn things to hold and not Midas!  I’m ecstatic! 

I’m also excited to see some real romance bloom between our girl and a man who turkey respects her and loves her for HER.

9/9 EDIT: thinking about it, I need to lower my rating I think this book compared to the others was just not good. The violent themes toward women didn’t sit well with me, and compared to my other 3 star ratings it just doesn’t compare. I’m sorry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and War

mmmbrfff's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? No

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Sexual assault

laurelll's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Confinement, and Sexual assault

jenniday's review against another edition

challenging dark sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

taylormaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.75

the beginning was so slow and i was so confused for the first like 100 pages but then it got somewhat interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

catie's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Slavery