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malinhalia's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
2.5
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, and Misogyny
Minor: Ableism, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol
templetoncecelia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Death, Toxic relationship, Rape, Murder, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Grief, Child death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Blood
mad_is_rad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
lukests's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Misogyny
Minor: Miscarriage and Chronic illness
samlopez93's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Rape
Minor: Death of parent
hilarylouise's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Rape, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Death
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Miscarriage
ericaflaten's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexism, Death, Violence, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Torture, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Miscarriage
chloeallegra's review
- 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
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Miscarriage and Infertility
nyk4envy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Incredible story based on a far away tragedy and I couldn’t have asked for me.
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Rape, Homophobia, Violence, Colonisation, Infertility, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Murder, Torture, Death, and Grief
fmooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Somehow Kiran Millwood Hargrave made me hate specific characters and then cry for them in the end.
While this novel is about the Vardo Witch Trials, it focused more on the conditions that could lead to a Witch Trial in this remote area of Finnmark in the first place - rather than the trials themselves. This book really dug into familial relationships, relationships within a small community, and how all of that is impacted by grief.
I did think that the ending was slightly rushed. I see what the author was trying to do with how they wrapped it up but it left me slightly dissatisfied. That didn't take away from my 5* rating though. At one point I was laying in bed, reading, crying (lol) at the "breathe deep" scene - and that will stay with me.
Graphic: Rape and Grief
Moderate: Death