Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

130 reviews

woodsofthebooks's review

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 against another edition

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 against another edition

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

jjyork's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Kidnapping

maureenlessreen's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Abortion, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Death of parent

kylaeduff's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Torture, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Sexism

Minor: Transphobia and Vomit

premature_insecurity's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

The best book I’ve read this year. The strength of sisterhood, the struggle of being a woman, the unrelenting will of women. It made feel endlessly proud of being a woman, and endlessly thankful for all the brave women who came before me, who fought with their bodies so I only have to fight with my words.

On another note I am also delighted that Juniper is all but explicitly aroace and all the other queer representation in this book 

I was bawling my eyes out for the whole last 50 pages. I did not see that coming but it made such perfect sense. The grief of sisters was so well portrayed that I’m pretty sure I felt the echo of my own heart breaking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

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

w0rldofab00kw0rm's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, and Pregnancy

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