Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

72 reviews

klhunter42's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

manicpixiedreaming's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

didn't like the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny and Racism

rustbeltcoastie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

I cannot recommend this book highly enough! It subverted so many of my expectations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, and Child abuse

lady_of_the_labyrinth's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

I listened to this on Audible in the span of a single day. I couldn’t stop listening, I was completely sucked into the story. I’ve heard this described as Salem witch trials meets Handmaiden’s Tale and I’d say that’s pretty accurate. 

This might not be for everyone, it’s not a fast paced book but I savor slow burns like this. The slow, creeping dread that this book builds is masterful. I can’t believe this was a debut with how well executed everything was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Misogyny, Death, and Religious bigotry

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Animal death

Minor: Racism, Chronic illness, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Classism, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

aubdotcom's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

Soooo good! Kept me on the edge of my seat!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexism, Racism, and Child abuse

luceeefur's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

I really enjoyed this read. I was hooked immediately and couldn't put the book down once I started. The pacing was well done and I really enjoyed the story and the mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Racism

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Animal death, Gun violence, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Sexism, and Confinement

Minor: Miscarriage, Chronic illness, Medical content, Racism, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Bullying, and Adult/minor relationship

bookishcori's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

once_upon_a_storybook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

I enjoyed this way more than I initially thought I would. This was a very interesting read about witchcraft, religion, rebellion, dystopian, patriarchy, racism, and taking back your power. It has had a little romance in it but that is not the focal point of the story. 

This is literally about a cult that takes place in this village called Bethel, and there is a Prophet who is basically the leader of this cult. They literally use religion to hide behind when creating their atrocious acts. The FMC Immanuelle was born out of wedlock and her parents are consider traitor, her mother died during childbirth and her father was executed. Immanuelle is basically considered an abomination because she was never supposed to have been born. There is these woods called the darkwoods that the townspeople are forbidden to go into because witches live in there but it is definitely deeper than that. Immanuelle is their undoing and rightfully so. 

This was a powerful story that opens up conversations about organized religion, how women are treated especially women of color. This took a while for me to get into but once you get into the flow of things, it really starts to move along. This book angered me with so many times, with how women were treated, how men were marrying literal children and people were okay with it and how people were just blindly following behind the prophet who was literally the worst kind of evil. This isn’t really scary but it definitely has some disturbing elements. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia and Racism