Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

92 reviews

lilithreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Death of parent, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Confinement, Animal death, and Torture

Minor: Kidnapping, Transphobia, Grief, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

theinkedpath's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

ES:

No es un secreto para nadie que los libros de brujas son mi debilidad. Son el personaje arquetípico fantástico en el que me veo reflejada. Y no es un secreto para nadie que el periodo histórico del sufragismo femenino me resulta fascinante. 
Por estos motivos cuando Alix E. Harrow presento "Las brujas del ayer y del mañana" supe que tenía me corazón. Ya conocía a la autora por "Las diez mil puertas de Enero", que me gustó mucho también...pero en esta novela me ha hechizado. 
Todo buen hechizo necesita tres cosas: Palabras, componentes y voluntad...y Harrow ha encontrado el suyo para hechizarme: Sonoridad, rabia y lucha contra la injusticia. 

Este es uno de esos libros para tener en físico. Y lo conseguiré. 

EN:

Witches are real...and from now on, I am one of them. 

The tale of the Eastwood sisters, with the rage of a fire has captured my heart. In this story about women rights, sorority and witchcraft, Alix E. Harrow has built me a personal portal to my refuge in stressing times. Her prose was the protection spell I needed and know she is one of my favourite authors.

The problem is... now I do not know how to cope without my favourite withes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Cursing

Moderate: Torture and Lesbophobia

Minor: Slavery, Racial slurs, and Racism

escapismforlife's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death, and Sexism

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Abandonment, Classism, and Racism

tak_everlasting's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Death, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: War, Violence, and Transphobia

Minor: Rape

rockyroadbutch's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Death, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Genocide, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Torture

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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, Death of parent, Suicide, Misogyny, Police brutality, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Cursing, Animal death, Classism, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Transphobia, and Domestic abuse

thresholdgirl's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Sexism

Minor: Alcoholism and Confinement

a_dara_ble's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

It was so good I didn't even really notice how long of a book it was. If you want strong female characters that are all equally great and different, while also being extremely flawed, often wrong, and sometimes unbelievably (and rightly) angry, this is the book for you.
It's been weeks and I still think about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexual content, and Torture

alliemikennareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

A very strong contender for my favorite book of the year. The Once And Future Witches is delightfully witchy. Badass women fighting the patriarchy in every possible way, with a swoonworthy WLW plotline and a very refreshing second romance plot line. We love to see it. 

This really had me hooked from start to finish and was not too predictable at all. I felt like I was hanging on every word. I loved these characters deeply - The Eastwood sisters, Cleo, August, the general narrative voice. 

It's going to take me awhile to recover from this in the best possible way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Confinement, and Torture

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion and Abandonment

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexism, and Torture

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Child death, and Transphobia