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Vredens gudinnor by Katie Lowe

20 reviews

annniina98's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Murder

madeleinebay's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Car accident, Death, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Child death, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Body shaming

cosycourtney's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

Dark witchy academia meets murder mystery; sign me up. Listening to this on audiobook had me wanting to walk for as long as I could each day. The story was compelling, layered, intense, entertaining and infuriating. I couldn’t tell which friend was worse or if anyone deserved my sympathy. The characterization was so strong; we all know the exact archetype from school and when you’re young you want anything to be friends with her but when you’re older you’re glad you weren’t. This book unpacks the obsessive nature of friendship as a teenager and the commitment to questionable friends people uphold about it all. I found it pleasantly infuriating as I wanted to scream sense into everyone but I was hooked on every word. Thoroughly enjoyed and look forward to reading more of Katie Lowe’s books in the future! Please consider content warnings before reading x

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Car accident, and Drug use

jenniferpalmblad's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Violence

claudiagreen's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Gore

aliciacaitlyn's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Gore, Eating disorder, Car accident, and Body shaming

karenecvanwyk's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Murder

ziggi's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

a mediocre mix of The Craft and Thirteen. Too much going on, flat characters, unsure what the point of the story was - to talk about abusive friendship? to explore mysticism and witchcraft? to tell revenge stories? it tried, and failed, to do all at once. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Child abuse

alyciareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

Violet is a new student at a boarding school. When she meets and is befriended by three girls in her year, Robin, Alex, and Grace, she unknowingly begins on the ride of her life. 

Trigger warnings for drug use, under-age drinking, sexual themes, violence, and death. 

I didn’t love this, though I really wanted to. The characters aren’t likeable, and frankly I found myself wanting to shake them all. Even the teachers and parents in this book were abhorrent humans. There isn’t one redeemable character in the group. For a character-driven story (there isn’t a lot of plot), the characters felt two-dimensional and fake in a way that had me rolling my eyes when I should have been feeling tension or suspense. It wasn’t horrible, but I don’t recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

lilacsophie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Pedophilia