Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

113 reviews

woodsofthebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

i’d give this book 17 billion stars if i could. i don’t think this book will ever truly leave my thoughts, and it will certainly never leave my heart. every twist and turn, every lost girl and foolish hope will always be with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, and Self harm

Moderate: Misogyny, Child abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Medical content

the author’s website also contains content warnings, so go check that out too. MAJOR content warning for pregnancy, abortion, childbirth

blueyogi's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Murder, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Violence, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

bookish_hollyx's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse and Homophobia

eleanora's review

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Violence

kennim's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Pros:

• Gorgeous writing
• The sisters' relationship and their reconciliation and growth
• The magic system
• The setting
• The villain
• The ending
• Bella was my favorite but I loved all the sisters
• The examination of different kinds of feminism and forms of protest and the consequences of them
• Everything was perfect this was my perfect book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Outing, Police brutality, Misogyny, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia

turrean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Murder, and Torture

jbird_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

Finally read this! It's been on my tbr for years. I like the characters and the writing, as well as the weaving in of historical accuracies. <Spoiler> the "square shirtwaist factory" instead of the triangle shirtwaist factory was really funny to me. I think the main thing I didn't like was how long this was. The pacing could have been improved, and at points it seemed like the author wanted to tackle a lot of subjects but ran out of time in the story to weave it all together. Overall, though, it was good, and I'm glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Abortion, Racism, and Blood

Minor: Transphobia

seventhswan's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

cldurand's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Abortion, and Sexism

Minor: Torture

bpol's review

adventurous dark inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Grief, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Sexual assault