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Las brujas del ayer y del mañana by Alix E. Harrow

63 reviews

cassiopeia_lucky_fowkes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-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

This book is AMAZING I have read it twice now, I love it so much! 

You end up falling in love with the characters like they are you own Sisters (note the capital S) 
Only read if you are okay with crying for ten minutes at various parts of the book (this happened to me both times I read it!)

It has an amazing plot with lots of plot twists that grip and pull you into the story and dont let you go until its done

I wish this book had a sequal!

Also the writing style is amazing, there is the perfect amount of description to allow you to imagine sort of the more fine details in how a character looks for example but also gives you a good base 
the settings are also described in this way

I cant tell you how much I love this book tbh it changed the way I look at everything and changed my life too!

I highly recommend to any feminist out there.

Let the fire inside your heart continue to burn and let this book help it to burn brighter with fury, love, hate and hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

I put all the content warnings in graphic because i dont have time to sort them! Also some are so minor they are only one sentence or word

anastasiamakes's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

mooshake's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful slow-paced

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

1.5

the only character that didn't annoy me was the baby

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Torture, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Transphobia

sneakysnam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

immovabletype's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Transphobia

kindredkayjay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Classism

jenmcreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This book was more than I expected. With a story of witches joining the suffragette movement, I was pleasantly surprised by the degree to which this book explored intersectionality and took that issue seriously. I loved the women's collections of magic being saved and passed down in recipes and nursery rhymes and I felt that set a poignant tone for the book overall. At times, the plot became a bit convoluted and challenging to follow however I did find I was always able eventually to catch up to it. This definitely scratches the itch for witchy reading, and does so with more depth and nuance than I anticipated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

mel_s_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Homophobia and Abortion

theinkedpath's review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

ES:

No es un secreto para nadie que los libros de brujas son mi debilidad. Son el personaje arquetípico fantástico en el que me veo reflejada. Y no es un secreto para nadie que el periodo histórico del sufragismo femenino me resulta fascinante. 
Por estos motivos cuando Alix E. Harrow presento "Las brujas del ayer y del mañana" supe que tenía me corazón. Ya conocía a la autora por "Las diez mil puertas de Enero", que me gustó mucho también...pero en esta novela me ha hechizado. 
Todo buen hechizo necesita tres cosas: Palabras, componentes y voluntad...y Harrow ha encontrado el suyo para hechizarme: Sonoridad, rabia y lucha contra la injusticia. 

Este es uno de esos libros para tener en físico. Y lo conseguiré. 

EN:

Witches are real...and from now on, I am one of them. 

The tale of the Eastwood sisters, with the rage of a fire has captured my heart. In this story about women rights, sorority and witchcraft, Alix E. Harrow has built me a personal portal to my refuge in stressing times. Her prose was the protection spell I needed and know she is one of my favourite authors.

The problem is... now I do not know how to cope without my favourite withes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Torture and Lesbophobia

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

escapismforlife's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Classism