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perstephone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I give Outlawed
🌟🌟🌟✨ 3.5/5 (rounded up)
⚠️TW: abortion, miscarrying, and mainly infertility are constant themes and subject matters throughout this story as a whole. If those are sensitive subjects for you or are just things you'd rather not read, this may not be the book for you.
I give 3.5/5 because while the story is an original one, that takes inspiration from history and makes it its own; I was left at the end with loose ends unfinished.
🌻🌻🌻
- Not a particularly long story, 12 chapters total, but still full of action, adventure, and steady pacing that gives course of events a natural feel.
- This is not your typical western, nor is it a factual account of the Hole in the Wall Gang. It is inspiration, and other than some names of characters, the similarities pretty much stop there.
- Women posse, women posse, women posse!!! 😎
- year 1894-95, LGBTQA+ representation.
- women taking control of their own bodies, their own fates, proving that they are just as capable as anyone else in an era that only saw women as "good for" maybe a handful of things.
- Felt a little lacking in POC representation if I'm being honest.
- Interactions between characters and the society as a whole felt genuine and on par for how things were done or viewed, especially regarding women, and what they were valued for.
- A bit melancholy of an ending, but a suitable one all things considered.
There are enough loose ends that I still want answers for, and some things plain left unfinished, but this story is still really original and worth a gander.
Graphic: Infertility and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Sexism, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Medical trauma
kirbybeaton'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Suicide
randeegleas's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Infertility, Body horror, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
hollyenchanted's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Abortion, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical trauma, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Sexual content
The world North created is brutal and all-to-recognizable. Which makes the outlaws all the more heroic and interesting.courtneycanread's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Infertility, Hate crime, and Homophobia
sarahkate22's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Infertility, and Medical content
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Transphobia, and Violence
thenovellife's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Knowing the last female in her town that could not/did not conceive was accused of witchcraft and hanged, Ada has very few choices of where to turn. While growing up she trained with her mother to take over the midwife business, but that's no longer an option. Her heart is in medicine and helping others, which makes it all the more tragic that she's unable to continue down her planned path.
Where to turn?
Am I thankful to be living in 2021 America. I cannot fathom the idiocy nor the hoops women had to jump through in the late 1800s just to live. It enrages me. I thought not being paid enough as a man was pretty enraging...being accused of witchcraft and threatened with the stockade or hanging because I can't have children is insane.
This book makes you think.
There are underlying themes of religion - " Is religion a vehicle for good or an
excuse for punishment?"
Themes of family and who IS family - the one who turns you out or the one who takes you in when no one else will.
Themes of mental illness, gender, sexuality, insane townspeople believing their neighbors could be a witch because children were dying from the flu and other craziness. Outlawed would make an excellent book club selection - so many themes to discuss - the religion question can keep you talking for hours alone!
Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexism