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A Witch in Time by Constance Sayers

4 reviews

dryftveil's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

if it wasn't for the uncomfortable age differences, i could argue for this to be 5 stars because of the cool idea and the way

the different reincarnations of characters

are written and established.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Abortion, Blood, Suicide, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content

intensej's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

Juliet LaCompte is a 16 year old girl in France who falls in love with Auguste Marchant, a painter. They start a secret relationship while she poses for his paintings. When her mother learns about their relationship, she curses Auguste. However, the curse goes wrong and it binds Juliet to live out a failed relationship with Auguste for each lifetime. The demon that powers Juliet's curse, Luke, has fallen in love with Juliet and must see her make the same mistakes with Auguste each lifetime. Luke has to wait for Juliet to remember their shared past before time runs out. The reader sees the reincarnated Juliet and Auguste live out their tragic love story in Hollywood in the 1930s, Los Angeles and Taos in the 1970s, and Washington, DC. in 2012. Juliet attempts to remove the curse before time runs out.

Sayers does a great job of creating memorable characters and threading the different reincarnations of Juliet together. I thought the ending of the book was satisfying. I enjoyed the way Sayers wrote about music and painting. It reminded me of the way Patrick Rothfuss described music in The Name of the Wind. Fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue will enjoy this book. A Witch in Time would be a good book for a book discussion. 

Content: sexual assault, suicide, abortion 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship

ka_ke's review

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

At first, it started strong, Helen’s first two lives are very interesting, but by the third time around, I was bored. I think the book would have benefitted by cutting the third life out entirely. A Witch in Time is also much darker than I was anticipating, so be wary if you’re squeamish or don’t like contemporary violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death, Gore, Car accident, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Stalking, Bullying, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Infertility, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Medical content

whatthelauj's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

A fun jaunt through time though very dark and confronting in places. Ending was hopeful and had some nice light moments to break it up. A good, solid read, wonderfully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Homophobia, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug abuse and Sexual content