Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

127 reviews

felofhe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Bullying, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Ableism, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Death, Murder, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Sexism, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Racism, and Abandonment

mohera_darling's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy

queclecumber's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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: Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Police brutality, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Animal death, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

Minor: Confinement, Medical trauma, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

nic3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Cursing

Minor: Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Body horror, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Racism, Lesbophobia, and Abortion

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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

4.0

I very much enjoyed this fairytale esque story about three sisters who are witches, and seek to bring about magic back into the world, around the same time as the women’s suffrage  movement. This is not the same 1800s that we know, which is are a real tangible thing that is a history long since blotted out of the world. it’s also a world that relies heavily on mothers and daughters, and passing down of children’s rhymes, and the important women’s work to carry spells into new generations. 

It does me a little bit more than I would like. I think that there is a good chunk of the book, devoted to the “all is lost” section of a heroes journey before they find the means to get back at the evil George Hill. 

If I read it as a fairytale or fable, like its inspiration, it is forgivable in the sense that the villain is fairly two dimensional , not quite as realized as I would hope but better than I had feared. 

Overall, I think what made me enjoy this the most was the pros and descriptions in the book. I think that what Alex Harrow has done here in terms of the write (metaphors and similes and weaving together history and fable) is really magical in its own right. 

I also enjoy how much the author in her weave in people historically  left out of the women’s movement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Racism and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abortion and Transphobia

blueyogi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Murder, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Violence, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

eleanora'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Violence

kylaeduff's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Torture, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Sexism

Minor: Transphobia and Vomit

kkopacetic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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? No

5.0

This book was so well done. I couldn't put it down. It's been a long time since I've had something so truly engrossing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

haleyflight's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Police brutality, Torture, Racism, Transphobia, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence