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Gloam by Lily Mayne

14 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

black_hellebore_reviews's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Oh wow. Lily Mayne does it again.

Adam, eternal sweet heart. The world always needs one Adam.

Gloam, bae. He gets the leaves, does the big hammer and cares for our hurting boy. 

Last sentence - purple boi. YASSS!!

Wyn so far is my favourite, but Gloam is a close second. Not that I have favourite children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Sexual content

haileeraye's review

dark funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, and Physical abuse

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

vania_alex's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Sexual content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Violence, Trafficking, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Hate crime

downtown_kb's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

These two were so adorable. This is also my favorite story. I loved the journey across the wastes and the misadventures with a cult and Collector Mary. Lots happening in a good way. Does a book count as epistolary if they have to communicate silently via notebook? Rig was a “dork” with such a big heart and Gloam was not what I expected. Still waters run deep and all that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Gore

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

alisoun's review

adventurous dark emotional tense

5.0

I loved this one so much. Adam/Rig is truly selfless in his wish to help Gloam which is so true to him - we first see it with Aury. His motivation made perfect sense to me. 

I felt like sometimes things came to Adam too easily but on the other hand I also feel like he was actually good at being out in the wastes and just never got the chance to use the skills he definitely developed living in a raider camp. 

This is truly, so far, my fav book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Body horror, Torture, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Cannibalism and Religious bigotry

slydew's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, and Sexual content