Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

4 reviews

flyingryndeer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Xenophobia, Violence, and War

ka_ke's review against another edition

I don’t mind slow pacing, but I can’t stand reading about pregnancy for chapters on end. I would recommend avoiding this book if you have no desire to experience pregnancy, childbirth or parenthood. 

What could have been a story of adventure, romance and diversity  turned into a book about women becoming mothers simply because that was expected of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Blood, Pregnancy, Body horror, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Sexual content, and Stalking

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

queenofthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

A cool walk through Norse mythology but stumbles into a lot problematic things that are probably native to the mythology but still disquieting. Not the best writing and their relationship has (likely intentionally) an unaddressed undercurrent of gaslighting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Violence, Xenophobia, Transphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship