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shellroch285's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
-Dialogue seemed a little eh sometimes, but fine for the most part
-Depiction of witchcraft not always historically accurate (ik it’s fiction, but I also find that really interesting since I studied the history of witchcraft a bit this past semester)
-Adhered to gender binary a lot (did mention genderfluid/queer people a little bit)
-Brought up valid discussions about how to dismantle white supremacy within societal systems
It took about 70-100 pages for me to get invested, but once I was in, I was in!! Glad to read something so pro-trans, especially since Pride will be here very soon :))
Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, and Deadnaming
Minor: Ableism and Death
As mentioned, there is a character who one character will not necessarily deadname but frequently use the wrong set of pronouns for them.georginathelibrarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: War, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Deadnaming, and Murder
Minor: Infidelity, Car accident, and Forced institutionalization
ellenigrace's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: War
th18's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
- Fast pace and seemed more YA than anything, too many modern references for me personally but each to their own.
- This also felt like the second book of the series at the start there was just so much unexplained things thrown in.
- Whilst the book did deal with modern topics such as race and trans rights, I wish it also talked a bit about harmful beauty standards due to Elle literally hiding her true self from her husband.
- I feel like the amount of swear words was also unnneeded.
- I love the idea of queer witches and empowered modern women but I feel like the talk about adulthood was very bleak
- The writing and worldbuilding also felt quite underdeveloped which was disappointing
- Finally the use of the d slur was completely unneeded
Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Death, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, Classism, Cursing, Car accident, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Child abuse, and Alcohol
Minor: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Racism, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Outing, Kidnapping, Self harm, Infidelity, and Abortion
axel_p's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Misogyny, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Confinement, Outing, Domestic abuse, Deadnaming, Murder, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder
Minor: War, Racism, Sexism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, and Transphobia
adancewithbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Sexism
Misgenderingcozyscones's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Violence, Animal death, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Racism, Kidnapping, and War
cozywithraven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Death of parent, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, and Colonisation
Minor: Death of parent
kleinekita's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Transphobia and Deadnaming
Moderate: Murder, Racism, Sexism, and Homophobia
Minor: Infidelity and War
annamorgan27's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Car accident, Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Misogyny, and Transphobia