Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

106 reviews

oesterzwamsnack's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Rape, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

niamhyjay's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Blood, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

mooshake's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Blood, Racism, and Body shaming

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

albon's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Animal death, Rape, and Animal cruelty

jessn13's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-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

Rather dark story about a puritanical community buried deep in a history of using religion as an excuse for systemic problems of violence and abuse. I enjoyed the main character development from a follower to a leader, and thought the story was one about the power of feminism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Religious bigotry, Racism, Violence, Gore, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse

erkietheturkey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Violence, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, and Confinement

Minor: Medical content

chronicallyplotting's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Imanuelle’s story in “The Year of Witching” is about a girl who has to fight a fate determined for her. The land she is an outcast in is plagued by a curse set by her mother to protect her. 
This book is a mix between a religious cult, meets witch trials, meets what darkness truly is and how people can become all-Consumed into it. 

This book, although being outside my normal reading style, was very well written. I was lured into the magic and mystery of the Darkwood making this the perfect spooky season read. The ending did fall a little flat in an effort to wrap it up and leave room for a potential sequel. But overall this was a good recommendation I found in one of my Facebook book groups. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, and Sexual assault

leanne_miron's review against another edition

dark 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: Gore, Blood, Death, Religious bigotry, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

Minor: Rape

goldguardie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

2.75

This felt very slow to me and a little like there were too many ideas all going on at once with no real reason why or like...origin of the society or the powers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Blood, and Religious bigotry

hngisreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, Pregnancy, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault