Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

59 reviews

bookcasey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Racism, and Sexism

njlbo1's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Racism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Physical abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Torture, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

Minor: Abortion

shannong123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Torture, Homophobia, Blood, Sexism, and Abandonment

Minor: Transphobia and Abortion

alyssancoon's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

This was really good and a lot of fun. I have mixed feelings about the character's death in the end. I feel like there should have been another solution, but it all worked out.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Abortion and Sexual harassment

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

dreamweaver's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

Agnes' development felt a little too cyclical, i.e. falling back and going forward

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Child abuse

haalborg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Violence, Torture, and Death

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

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Racism, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

winx15's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

I loved this book and the magic system and the way witches were tied into womrns rights movements. The charachters were whole people with flaws but were given the chance to form meaningful relationships.  I only took half a star off cause i had moments where i thought it should be ending and i was only 1/2 or 3/4 of the way through, so pacing threw me off sometimes,  but it was lovely and wrapped up very nicely and i highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, Racism, Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Minor: Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Abortion