Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Las brujas de Su Majestad by Juno Dawson

46 reviews

adancewithbooks's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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

4.0

 

I got invited to review the second book in this series and for that I had to give the first book ago. I'm glad I did. While it is not a favorite, I will certainly remember it fondly.
 

And what I remember fondly is the way this book deals with gender and has a trans character. It was very in your face when it came to correcting other characters misinformed notions. And quite frankly we need more like that. Books that shout about how wrong trans- and homophobia is. 

I also enjoyed that this book focused on older females. A friend group that has kids of teen age. And a big variety of different kind of levels. I was mostly invested in Niamh and the characters in her story line because that is where the focus lies. And I think that is also my complaint. 

We got all four friends point of views but it mostly layed with Niamh and Helena as secondary. And I think that was a shame. Because I didnt feel like i was getting the time to invest in Leonie and Elle. I think I would especially appreciate Elle more if we had gotten more on her. But as this is a trilogy I hope that we will get more of the other characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexism

Misgendering

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, and Outing

kitaface's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity and War

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Transphobia, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Domestic abuse

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and War

Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gore, and Vomit

crookedspines's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Outing, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, and Abandonment

azebrareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

clairew97's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

anapthine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.75

Thank you Net Galley and HarperCollins Audio for giving me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

First off, Nicola Coughlan was incredible at narrating this book. I was in awe of how well she portrayed the many characters just by voice. The accents were amazing, the way she made me feel when listening to this audiobook, how she made you sympathise with each character - just everything was perfect. 

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven is a low fantasy novel set in a small Yorkshire town in the UK. Niamh comes across a child who is misunderstood and shields them from the dangers. This book is about friendship, trust, love and understanding. The diversity and LGBTQIA+ representation in this novel is beautiful, along with the many different stories told. The trans rep is compelling and gorgeous. I loved this novel so much. Also a complex villain? That makes it even better. 

I would recommend this to everyone, I think there is a bit of everything. Do read the content warnings before starting as there are some major mentions of transphobia, racism, violence, (and white supremacists). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity and Vomit

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

4.25

A great witchy and queer book.  Incorporating not only political aspects but also bringing a trans witch into the picture which I’d never seen in a book before as it’s almost only ever exclusively gendered witches and warlocks.  

Dealing with coming out, queer identity and also transphobia and homophobia this book is very well written by an own voices author.  

It also openly discussed race issues in parliament especially in the uk and I can only say this is accurate to real life - I love how it questioned what people haven’t been willing to change in the past.  In the name of making their world more intersectional.   With a smashing ending I can’t wait for the next book and shocked by who the villain turned out to be.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Dysphoria