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mo345's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, and Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
odonate's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, and Torture
mothman19's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Murder, and Suicide
Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Torture
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Vomit
annir'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Abortion
Minor: Domestic abuse and Transphobia
shoutykid'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
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping
Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Racism, Slavery, and Transphobia
celery's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Genocide, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence
The minor trigger warnings on this book are extremely minor mentions, but the major warnings are topics that are extremely prevalent in the book.meha's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Violence
Minor: Forced institutionalization and Slavery
lollalong's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Received from NetGalley for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this book, once you get into the main storyline. Witching has all but died out in 1893, that is until three wayward sisters find their way back to each other and unleash a power that hasn't been felt by women for years.
The Once and Future Witches is set in New Salem, where Juniper Eastwood flees in the hope of finding some form of sanctuary. Fate brings her back into the path of her two older sisters, after 7 years of abandonment. With the hand-me-down words and ways from Mama Mags will the Eastwood three be able to save themselves, and the people they love, from the witch hunters and inquisitors?
The first few chapters of this were a little slow to get into, but once the story had picked up to it's main point I couldn't put this down. The twisting of tales, and the name of witch-tales brought me deeper and deeper into this world where little bits of witching and magic were still possible from stories and rhymes passed from mother to daughter. I enjoyed the use of nursery rhymes to tell the stories, and how each chapter started with one. The sense of foreshadowing from this little tidbits made me eager to read on with where the story went.
The way the characters Agnes, Bella, and Juniper developed throughout the story felt beautiful and fittingly done. They all started as an archetype, as something that is meant to be immutable and unmoveable. And yet, they changed. They were able to open to changes in their lives with real emotions, and believable lines. They all held a quality of realness that made the story as whole more like a piece of history than of the imagination of the author.
I thoroughly enjoyed this and would recommend this book far and wide.
Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Slavery, Racism, Misogyny, and Homophobia
Minor: Transphobia