Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Čarodějnice dřívější a budoucí by Alix E. Harrow

129 reviews

thresholdgirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Sexism

Minor: Alcoholism and Confinement

haalborg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Violence, Torture, and Death

a_dara_ble's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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

It was so good I didn't even really notice how long of a book it was. If you want strong female characters that are all equally great and different, while also being extremely flawed, often wrong, and sometimes unbelievably (and rightly) angry, this is the book for you.
It's been weeks and I still think about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexual content, and Torture

alliemikennareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

A very strong contender for my favorite book of the year. The Once And Future Witches is delightfully witchy. Badass women fighting the patriarchy in every possible way, with a swoonworthy WLW plotline and a very refreshing second romance plot line. We love to see it. 

This really had me hooked from start to finish and was not too predictable at all. I felt like I was hanging on every word. I loved these characters deeply - The Eastwood sisters, Cleo, August, the general narrative voice. 

It's going to take me awhile to recover from this in the best possible way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Confinement, and Torture

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion and Abandonment

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexism, and Torture

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Child death, and Transphobia

anaguana's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Homophobia, Torture, Racism, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicide, Abortion, and Death

Minor: Transphobia

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-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

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gaslighting, Abortion, Homophobia, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Torture

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Slavery, Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Torture, and Blood

nebulasaurus's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Torture, Cursing, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Child abuse, and Hate crime

Minor: Racism, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Transphobia, and Abortion