Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

7 reviews

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

the_shelf_elf's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Child death, and Death

melchncookies's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Racism, Sexism, Religious bigotry, War, and Gore

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Blood, and Death

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

Excellent book. The writing is captivating and by the time I got to the last chapter I felt like I’d been holding my breath for too long. As I let the air escape me, I sat back, at the final chapter, needing to continue but not wanting it to be over. It was a nonstop dark twisty take of self discovery and learning that evil can come in many faces.

sunsetcity's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

doomluz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Loved this historical, fantasy, horror mix. It reminds me of The VVitch film in aesthetic, but set in a world the author created. The themes were strong. I kind of get how it felt like a YA because of the love story, but I didn’t mind it.

I like that it connects and explicitly talks about the menstrual cycle. It shows how women are seen through their fertility, but it also connects it to a curse.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Rape, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

lesbe_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Self harm, Misogyny, Gore, Death, Body horror, Blood, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

readbetweenthespine's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, and Miscarriage