Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

45 reviews

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, Animal death, Grief, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Torture, and War

Minor: Sexual content

lornagrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad 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: Injury/Injury detail and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Grief

ka_ke's review against another edition

I don’t mind slow pacing, but I can’t stand reading about pregnancy for chapters on end. I would recommend avoiding this book if you have no desire to experience pregnancy, childbirth or parenthood. 

What could have been a story of adventure, romance and diversity  turned into a book about women becoming mothers simply because that was expected of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Blood, Pregnancy, Body horror, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Sexual content, and Stalking

nick13's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed most of this book, even with how weird it got at some parts,  and would recommend it to anyone who considers themselves fans of Greek mythology, however, I will say the character development on several side characters left more to be desired with a certain few characters to be quite lacking for how important they end up being -

the two sons that she births

- but even so this book is still really solid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infidelity, War, and Torture

Minor: Animal death and Genocide

ibjilln's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child death, Confinement, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

noodletheriddle's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Grief

butterklotz's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

The writing of this book and the entire story are stunningly beautiful. The witch's heart is a book definitely worth reading, however strange the characters and the plot may seem at some points - but that's mostly due to the aspects of Norse mythology. 

So, overall, 4/5 🌟 from me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, and Torture

lilfirebird's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Grief

addyisnothere's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Alcohol, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Murder

ticktock's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Death