Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

39 reviews

karbour99's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Miscarriage

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

thelongautumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage and Torture

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

dearb's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

By the end of the book I was sobbing my heart out, and that's saying a lot for someone whose favourite book is The Song of Achilles. 

Very interesting interpretation of the characters, very intelligent plot (that somehow managed to link the most infamous anecdotes from Norse Mythology) and overall a great book. 

I would definitely recommend if you love mythology and drama, and I will surely reread next year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

queenofthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

A cool walk through Norse mythology but stumbles into a lot problematic things that are probably native to the mythology but still disquieting. Not the best writing and their relationship has (likely intentionally) an unaddressed undercurrent of gaslighting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Violence, Xenophobia, Transphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

rishel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Torture, and Toxic relationship

annettewolf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5

This debut novel is a gorgeous re-imagining of Angrboda's story from Norse mythology. I knew next to nothing about Angrboda before reading this book, but now she feels like a treasured, invaluable part of that mythos.

The story takes place mostly in a cave in the Iron Woods of Jotunheim, but even with its "small" setting we get the full depth and breadth of human emotion, played out on an epic scale as only the gods can do. I fell in love with Angrboda, with her quiet composure, and her quips to Loki, and the way she is able to open her heart to love even after events that should harden her to trusting anyone ever again.

This is a beautiful story, and Gornichec tells it exceedingly well. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the Norse myths, but also to any reader who enjoys a complex, fully-realized protagonist who's likely to make you laugh and cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Blood

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Murder, Torture, and Sexual content

dorianlecter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Miscarriage