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Gloam by Lily Mayne

4 reviews

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

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

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