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anapthine's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Miscarriage, Child death, Infertility, Sexual assault, Death, Rape, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity
ejbhammy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Graphic: Rape and Violence
arayo's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Violence, and Rape
Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Blood, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Child death, Torture, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Excrement
imlfox'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Violence, Rape, Death, Confinement, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Torture
Minor: Animal death
tigglez's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, Blood, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Rape
srivalli's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Child death, and Rape
Moderate: Torture, Death of parent, and Suicide
writingcaia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
The superstition so far north in the kingdom of Denmark and Norway was kindling for the fires that burned so many innocent women, children and the ones, like the semi-nomadic sámi, that didn’t fit, that worshiped other gods.
Here we have a mix of past and present women’s strife in a lyrical narrative telling the interwoven story of a three women and three children arrested for being witches, and that of one noblewoman sharing the same castle exiled by the king for being too outspoken and not going into the shadows as old women are meant to.
The story is told in mostly two POVs, that of one of the teens, sister and daughter of other accused, and the other the noblewoman’s. With some Nordic stories in between parts.
As the author says this book is one to give voice to the thousands of innocents murdered by the fearful, hateful and petty that manipulated the minds of the superstitious and aggrieved, and to make them echo into the present and future, forever living in the hearts of the people like them.
It’s slow going especially in the beginning but so worth it to push forth and dive into this dark, cold, violent, vibrant and fiery story where women suffer, die, but also persist and find happiness, searching inside for their inner lynx, their fierceness and royal-ness.
P. S.: The mention to the Sámi made me research them and find they’ve been always persecuted and pushed to conversations, it made me want to find more and read from their natives and hear their songs. To make their voice heard louder. They who’ve withstand, these natives to the Laplands with their gods and reindeers, with their songs and colors.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Misogyny, Death of parent, Child death, Grief, Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit
Moderate: Hate crime, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Torture, and Racism
Minor: Animal cruelty
julesreadsstuff's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Child death, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Miscarriage
kaylreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Rape, Violence, Suicide, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, Torture, Sexism, and Child death
bertolaletizia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Sexual assault