Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The House Witch by Delemhach

31 reviews

thewellbitch's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

This was a surprisingly comfy read! It truly felt like a food-centered slice-of-life manga but in book form. Funny, charming, and very entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Hate crime, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Bullying

heathersinkwell's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse

princesspumpkinhead10's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

Minor: Miscarriage, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Bullying

the sexual harassment was handled well

mlottermoser's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Miscarriage, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

januaryt123's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Hate crime, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Vomit

secondhandbookshelves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

This book was a wild ride & so much fun. 
Every character was perfection and so many of them are sassy! Everyone goes through some change or growth throughout the story.
The puns are fantastic. 
I devoured the book in one sitting & immediately bought the second one. 
Very brief mentions of big topics, but this book is focused on a small group of people & their relationships & growth over a short period of time.
10/10, would read again & laugh the whole time. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, War, and Domestic abuse

krisalexcole's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, and Body shaming

its_madi's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? No

1.0

You know when you have a dream and the sequence of events seems logical at the time but then you wake up and realize that it made no sense? Congrats. That's this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage

Minor: Homophobia

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.0

Hmm.…nope. This was a great idea with excellent potential and some genuinely interesting and endearing characters. The plotting and pacing need quite a bit of work, however. The end is not nearly as satisfying or resolved as it should be for a book this length and the description of book two isn't particularly promising in that regards. There's also an uncomfortable thread of humor running through it that uses homophobia, sexual assault and harassment, and binge drinking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcohol, Classism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Medical content, Outing, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Blood, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Vomit, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, Bullying, Biphobia, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, War, Miscarriage, and Racism

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

I really really love the premise of this story, and I cannot express enough how refreshing it was to read a male protagonist whose powerful magic is used to nurture and care for others using food and a safe, comfortable home as opposed to aggressive shows of strength.

That’s why I was so disappointed when the humor in this book repeatedly struck me as immature at best (think “Meet the Parents” style jokes about character names that sound like curse words), and insensitive at worst when the “punchline” of a running joke throughout the story involves leading everyone in the castle where our protagonist lives and works to believe the king’s assistant is gay when he’s not (even though it’s pointedly noted multiple times in the story that within this kingdom, queerness is accepted and even celebrated, so…. why would it be funny?).

I’ve also heard that in the audiobook version, the narrator adopts a voice that has been described as an offensive depiction of Black, American speech whenever he is reading the POV of the main character’s cat and the group of mob-like “gangsters” the cat associates with. Even though this blatant racial stereotyping was a choice for the audio narration and isn’t evident in the books themselves, it still makes me not want to recommend the book at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry