Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Gloam by Lily Mayne

8 reviews

fuzzywilson's review

adventurous dark sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Cannibalism

inadequacyinabucket's review

emotional tense fast-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

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Gore, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Cannibalism, War, and Torture

hariboreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

Wow what an amazing read. Loved the love story of Adam and gloam. Adams willingness to do such risky things to free him and act so selflessly. Was a hard read in places due to the treatment of gloam by his captor. You learn a lot about the darker side of the wastes in this one and definitely some stomach churning moments. Top July read for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

Moderate: Torture, Cannibalism, and Violence

unsuccessfulbookclub's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-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

4.5

This is maybe the sweetest but also scariest in the series yet. I enjoyed the mix of raider camp and journey story lines and I loved how Rig and Gloam worked together to face all of the obstacles they encountered together. Gloam is the sweetest smartest boi and Rig is so happy and dedicated to him. Love love love.

The dystopian hellscape vibe is super strong in this and there are a lot of really gory scenes so just be ready. Lily doesn’t pull any punches with this installment. The body horror and blood/trauma is especially graphic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Cursing, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and War

Moderate: Cannibalism

jessie_h's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

4.0

This book was nothing like what I was expecting. It really did take some unexpected turns. It was intriguing to see a truly monstrous part of The Wastes. And Collector Mary is an even more terrible character than we were lead to believe she was in the previous book. Rig's romance with Gloam is nothing like the other books and that's what made it such a great read. I was smitten with the both of them from the first time Gloam offered to keep Rig warm. I'm cannot wait to learn more about Moth in the next book! Plus, it is Charlie's book and I am totally ready to see him more on page!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Slavery

Minor: Cannibalism, Torture, Murder, and Religious bigotry

cluckieduck's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Cannibalism

zellapaige's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The trust that these two build with each other is utterly adorable. Gloam is a super fun species and I loved learning about his background.

I hope the cannibal cult gets addressed later in the series. Something remarkable to me about this series and the way the author has set it up is how well loose ends are being tied up over the course of the series. It was super frustrating early in the series for random characters, like Collector Mary, to be mentioned in throw-away lines without follow-up. I'm really appreciating it now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Torture, Trafficking, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

acreatureofbooksandtea's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Cursing, Drug use, and Murder