Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

21 reviews

addyisnothere's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Alcohol, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Murder

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Self harm, War, Death, Murder, Xenophobia, Infidelity, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Miscarriage

r_a_bell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Somewhat slow, and there are man at moments where I found the main characters to be absolutely infuriating. However, the storyline was compelling and I still wasn’t able to put it down. There is a sapphic storyline, but it isn’t even really acknowledge until the book was almost over, though I was relieved that it was actually addressed in a satisfying way instead of just being dangled in front of us the whole time. Definitely feel like some of the characters didn’t get as much time in the storyline as I felt they deserved. There should also be some trigger warnings as I found a lot of the material to be sensitive, but it’s hard to put into words why, exactly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Abandonment, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gaslighting, Animal death, Blood, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Animal death, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, War, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Body horror, Violence, Grief, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Child death, Death of parent, and Child abuse

leahrosiee's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Abandonment, War, Pregnancy, Murder, Violence, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

 - I fully expected to have to slog through THE WITCH'S HEART, as I have little interest in Norse mythology. However, I read the entire thing in one day and one sitting, completely drawn in to Angrboda's story.
- The writing reads like oral tradition, flowing on and on.
- While many of the plot developments were telegraphed in advance, taking Angrboda longer to catch on that it probably should have, I still found myself quite immersed in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Torture, War, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Confinement

ekmoore11's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Medical trauma, Torture, War, Grief, Blood, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol

hannalizzy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I love mythology retellings, and this one definitely stands on its own among them. My first brush with Norse Mythology rather than Greek, and I’m really pleased with how it went because it came from such a unique perspective. Angrboda was easy to love, and such a fierce and protective mother. Loki was easy to hate, but he somehow manages to escape slightly likeable. I was constantly surprised at how the book progressed, and the ending broke my heart. If you loved Circe (like I did) then you’d love this one just as much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Grief, Abandonment, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, War, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Violence

beckyg1016's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Death, Pregnancy, and Torture

marissagallerani's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Death