Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

19 reviews

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Animal death, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, War, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Body horror, Violence, Grief, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Child death, Death of parent, and Child abuse

leahrosiee's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, War, Pregnancy, Murder, Violence, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness

ekmoore11's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Medical trauma, Torture, War, Grief, Blood, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol

mayaccountant's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Child death

totallyshelfaware's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

This book wrecked me. 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Grief, and Torture

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

forthesanityof1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

Overall, a very good read. It was quick and engaging from the first page, if a little rushed in those initial scenes. I liked the prose a lot. The author's writing is very effective and not too much or too little. The way she wrote the characters was also very engaging and likeable. I loved that the flaws remained constant, especially with Loki. Emotionally, I felt myself mirroring Angrboda and very keyed into her tale. I loved the kids and their different quirks. Even though I don't know a lot about Norse mythology, this was palatable and relatively easy to follow. I think my only downsides were these: plot points that weren't fully fleshed out/created confusion, some stretching in terms of the concept of "gender" (commentary on it from the characters felt too deliberate at times and broke the narrative but other aspects of it were done well), and some rare moments of flatness from the characters, but that's all being very nit-picky. Would definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pregnancy, and Violence

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Violence, Misogyny, and Grief

aryn_back's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage