Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa

7 reviews

mrowrow's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Drug use, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Bullying

powellki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This book offers a strong perspective of how our negative thinking can warp our reality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Medical content, Cursing, Violence, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Biphobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Bullying, Alcohol, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Minor: Biphobia and Sexual harassment

aspring's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

i don’t have a nice thing to say about this book but i’m giving it an extra star for susan and the pretty cover. 

maybe add trigger warnings in your book if you’re just gonna throw in an unexpected SA scene? and slurs? i don’t really think that’s too much to ask (yes, it’s small, yes it still matters) 

also, just overall, this books plot is boring, the characters are flat and i feel like i’ve wasted my time, really, what was the point? i’m severely disappointed unfortunately </3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual harassment

brookworm's review

dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

4.5

I loved this one. queer & witchy & diverse. My only complaint is the outcome/ending of the Chloe storyline....

honestly, I'm not sure why the author made Chloe move away instead of her dying as a result of the incident on halloween. There wasn't a ton of reasoning for it and it felt weird. Either there needed to be more explanation (like maybe she ended up reaching out to Eleanor to help get justice from the assault?) or I think her time needed to come to and end after being in a coma.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic friendship

rainerasnic's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

aiyam's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

There is nothing I love more than a good high school lesbian relationship, Pix and Eleanor absolutely hit the spot in this book. Kate Scelsa is an amazing author, I will absolutely be coming back for more of her books.

The format of this book is so fun. There is a different tarot card before each chapter, along with a small description of what the card represents. As someone who knows next to nothing about tarot I loved this. The book is rather fast paced which I enjoyed, there is no real filler and I was on the edge of my seat trying to uncover the secrets Eleanor was hiding from the reader. She is definitely a sympathetic main character, before I knew what it was she had done wrong I absolutely was on her side. 

The story line is a bit more depressing than I had been expecting. The buildup to the reveal of what exactly went down between Eleanor and Chloe is appropriately done, I really felt drawn in. When the reveal happens I was honestly in shock, but I think that having a protagonist who is not one hundred percent in the right is important. It toed the line of forgivable in my book, but Scelsa did an amazing job of writing it and showing everyone as people. And as we all know, people are never the clear cut villains or heroes that we would like them to be.

Overall, I would recommend this book with no hesitations. I hope to see more in this vein from the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, and Mental illness

Eleanor stalked her ex girlfriend to an unhealthy degree and holds a lot of guilt about it. She abuses weed to keep herself disconnected from reality.