Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

34 reviews

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexism, and Torture

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Child death, and Transphobia

sparklingginger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Misogyny, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Sexism, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Lesbophobia, Animal death, Racism, Transphobia, Abortion, Death of parent, Outing, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

smoothgoat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Torture

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Miscarriage, Slavery, Transphobia, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Colonisation, Infidelity, Outing, Rape, and Sexual content

mae_dexter_author's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Transphobia

itsdanibee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Violence, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Murder, Racism, and Cursing

Minor: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Transphobia, Torture, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Abortion, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Hate crime, and Kidnapping

Not even half way through the audiobook, I immediately went and purchased a copy of Alix E. Harrow’s masterful tale of resilience, empowerment, family bonds and folklore. A truly spectacular work with a delicious plot, enchanting prose and characters to adore: I cannot wait to reread this beautiful and relive the magic.

rchristine11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Torture, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism and Transphobia

mothman19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Vomit

reachmars's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.75

I don't normally go for fantasy, but this was great. It was more mature than YA fantasy without being r rated or high fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Torture, Transphobia, Abortion, and Animal death

afion's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence

accovino's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

I enjoyed a lot of the ideas in this, but there were just too many places it bugged. I'm sick of reading about Salem, I'm bored by "what if [Historical Figure] but GENDER SWAPPED" and "what if [Historical Figure] but SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NAME" and

the expendable character being the one who didn't fall in love

and the badass Black *supporting* character… Also it took me way too long to get into it, and WAY too long to remember who was who. I like that the tower is

a library

. I like that there is a trans character, minor though she is. I like that there is at least a mention of White women's history of one-sided "solidarity" and magic hidden in the open simply because women's work is never taken seriously. I just... I feel like someone needed to come in hard with the red pen and whip this into shape. I feel like "set in our world so I don't have to explain everything, but also everything is different" is a cop-out and a really irritating one for some reason? But mostly I just.. I really wanted to like this more than I did.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Racism