Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Weyward by Emilia Hart

146 reviews

agathajanemaud1908's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

So thankful that this was a BOTM pick because I don’t know if I would have found it on my own. I can’t even go into details - one of those books that leaves you with a warm, satisfied feeling and the dread of a good book hangover. I don’t usually like books that bounce around different characters at different times because I think it’s an over-used format, but I loved it in this book. Kept me on the edge of my seat. The author has a similar book about Sirens coming out in 2025 - can’t wait! Though I hope it’s not too similar.
LOTS of big trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Abortion, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, and Animal death

clairelisebella's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Suicide attempt, Blood, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Confinement, Alcoholism, and Classism

eliza_beth_23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, Medical content, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Abortion, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Body horror, and Child death

Minor: Terminal illness, Alcohol, Dementia, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, and Forced institutionalization

sydneyaryn__'s review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Incest, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Pregnancy, Rape, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Confinement, and Medical trauma

graceybookster's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

TW: 
*emotional, physical and sexual abuse
*controlling behaviour
*rape
*gaslighting
*miscarriage
*abortion.

This was an intense read at times but I was captivated by the 3 female lead characters in ther subsequent years, each living different lives but still connected by blood, name and soul. I especially liked hearing Alther’s accounts. The written language for her really did transport me back in time and I found it fascinating how they treated women and what they deemed ‘witchery’ back in the day. In each time setting it really felt like their surroundings and creatures within it were an entire entity of its own, you could feel and sense everything along with them. 

This was gut wrenching through certain events so if you’ve experienced any of the above triggers I’d be cautious about reading this. Despite the difficult theme which ran throughout, I enjoyed this story. I thought it was cleverly written and each Weyward had such heart and depth to their character. I loved the epilogue from Violet and found it tied everything together in a magical/serendipitous way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Rape, Violence, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Sexual violence, Confinement, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Domestic abuse

weirdassfanta's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

A great book showing three different women taking their life back over the course of centuries. Deals with the horrible truth while continuing a fantasy story, that allows you to see the many ways in which men manipulate and control women. I was happy to see the empowerment of the women in this case, because many books seem to lack that. I also rather enjoy insects and nature myself, so that added value to the story for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Abortion

Moderate: Confinement, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

danimarie96's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Rape, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Confinement

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Suicide, and Confinement

kt_schutte's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Confinement, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

brashknuckles's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Car accident, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Rape, Child abuse, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Stalking, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Sexism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Torture