Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

21 reviews

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I love everything about this except that it centers around a triggering topic for me and I had to stop.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Medical content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Blood, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: War, Ableism, and Fire/Fire injury

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Self harm, War, Death, Murder, Xenophobia, Infidelity, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Miscarriage

jaynekernodle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

Truly beautiful. 
I am not very familiar with Norse mythology, but I love mythological retellings and this is no exception. Gornichec does an excellent job of giving the reader enough information of the gods and giants without distracting from Angrboda's story - one full of love (romantic, platonic, familial) and loss.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder and War

montyalmoro's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

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

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

 - I fully expected to have to slog through THE WITCH'S HEART, as I have little interest in Norse mythology. However, I read the entire thing in one day and one sitting, completely drawn in to Angrboda's story.
- The writing reads like oral tradition, flowing on and on.
- While many of the plot developments were telegraphed in advance, taking Angrboda longer to catch on that it probably should have, I still found myself quite immersed in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Torture, War, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Confinement

risten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Toxic relationship, Death, Pregnancy, Murder, Blood, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Grief, and Sexual content

morganlaufeyson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: 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