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theinkedpath's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Cursing
Moderate: Torture and Lesbophobia
Minor: Slavery, Racial slurs, and Racism
_teoeo'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
Please look at the trigger and content warnings before reading it, because it really was a lot sometimes.
Graphic: Sexual violence, Animal death, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Medical trauma, Sexism, and Suicide
Moderate: Torture, Transphobia, and Kidnapping
Minor: Animal cruelty, Slavery, and Animal death
a_dara_ble's review against another edition
- 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's been weeks and I still think about this book.
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
anniereads221's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gaslighting, Abortion, Homophobia, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Torture
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Slavery, Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Torture, and Blood
winx15's review against another edition
- 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
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
ehmannky'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
4.5
My main qualm came from Harrow changing a bunch of male authors to women (like, the Brothers Grimm become the Sisters Grimm or for some reason Dante's Inferno is about a witch who walks through hell). I don't know, it felt out of place in a world that is filled with the same misogyny as our own to have all of these women authors. I felt it would have been more thematically fitting to just have spent the time focusing on women writing in books or other marginalia than just being like "oh, it was Charlotte Perrault, not Charles Perrault who wrote these fairy tales!" I do have to admit that every single time Harrow did this I rolled my eyes because it just seemed silly and so out of place with the rest of her world. But other than this, I thought it was great and it surpassed my expectations.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Murder, Violence, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent and Misogyny
Minor: Slavery, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Racism, and Emotional abuse
laisai'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: Classism, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Child abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Lesbophobia, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, and Xenophobia
andromeda_1998's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Characters
Juniper is the wild witch child everyone needs. She’s free, furious, stubborn and fearless. She’s the reason I read this book to the end. It’s interesting to read how she grew up and how she fought herself free of her fathers influence.
Beatrice is the mousy booknerd who is curious, kind and brave. O and gayyyyy. The gay icon we need. I enjoyed her as a character. She’s a character with a lot of flaws but that makes her human.
Agnes is the “strongest” sister is the line that is used many times and well I’m not really seeing it. It’s a lot of telling and the writer is often more intensely describing that she’s pregnant instead of giving her a real character. She’s always scared and running, throwing her sisters under the bus. Frankly she’s the coward of the story. And in my opinion she’s the weakest sister. Since she’s the one who’s scared to open her heart.
Worldbuilding
The world is inspired by 1800 Salem with a lot of American witchcraft. The magic system is beautiful and in some ways very real. Lullabies and nursery rimes have always been the things keeping mothers and children connected. It wouldn’t be weird if some magic can still be found in these story’s.
Storytelling
The book is hard to get into. It isn’t some easy read but it’s worth it. The writing is spectacular and the plot is amazing. The story is full of diverse characters and it’s a full on recommendation for anyone.
Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, and Slavery
Minor: Abortion and Transphobia
smoothgoat's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Torture
Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Miscarriage, Slavery, Transphobia, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Colonisation, Infidelity, Outing, Rape, and Sexual content