Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Weyward by Emilia Hart

22 reviews

pvp_niki's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, Car accident, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Alcohol, Grief, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Gaslighting, Cancer, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Vomit

agathajanemaud1908's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

So thankful that this was a BOTM pick because I don’t know if I would have found it on my own. I can’t even go into details - one of those books that leaves you with a warm, satisfied feeling and the dread of a good book hangover. I don’t usually like books that bounce around different characters at different times because I think it’s an over-used format, but I loved it in this book. Kept me on the edge of my seat. The author has a similar book about Sirens coming out in 2025 - can’t wait! Though I hope it’s not too similar.
LOTS of big trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Abortion, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, and Animal death

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

An interesting narrative of three women across generations.  If you like the stories where women triumph over the cruelty of men, then you will love this one.  Check the content warnings.  It had lovely prose and sympathetic main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Car accident, Infertility, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and War

kaesereifachverkaeuferin's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Abortion

Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, and Alcoholism

shay3's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Grief, Incest, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Rape, Blood, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, and Car accident

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Violence, Physical abuse, Abortion, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Gore, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, Grief, Murder, Confinement, Vomit, and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, and Religious bigotry

hayley_read_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Abortion, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Absolutely brilliant...must read!

josieonceread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abortion, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

oceanxbluess's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Sexual assault, Blood, Domestic abuse, Child death, Death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer

cassie7e's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This is the kind of story I hoped for from A Secret History of Witches - a winding tale of connected generations of witches. I think it's the focus on fewer individuals, the persistent nature theme and symbolism, and the nonlinear telling that makes this one work better for me. We get to see each woman all throughout the book instead of just being a string of beads we look at one by one, one after the other. The magic is also more ambiguous (but still there) than SHW, more of a magical realism feel like A Murmuring of Bees (one of my faves) than the historical realism vibe of SHW.

TW for Rape, sexual assault, pregnancy, abortion, domestic abuse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Abortion, Sexual violence, Car accident, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical trauma, Cancer, Confinement, War, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Medical content, Infertility, Grief, and Blood