Reviews with content warning for Confinement - Weyward

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doodlebeanz's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was a rollercoaster. It was definitely not what I was expecting and in some ways it was far heavier than I anticipated. I was given the book from a coworker and she described it as being about the Salem witch trials, which I’ve always been obsessed with since I was born and raised in Boston and learned about it, but this was not about that. It was about witches, and it had the vibes of the Salem witch trials from Althea’s POV, but the main story didn’t really have that same vibe.

I loved Altha and Violet’s POVs the most. Kate was very sad, but as I do with most FMC, she made such idiotic mistakes. She righted the mistakes before they really affected her, which makes her a smarter FMC than some, but she just wasn’t as alluring as the other two women and her chapters/POV felt so bland in comparison of Altha and Violet. I think Violet was my favorite.

My two favorite topics are feminine rage and nature and this book combined the two. I absolutely loved that the Weyward’s are one with nature and that they love all creatures. I resonate with that a lot. I’m the type of person who moves out of bird’s way on the street and apologize to them if I scare them and cause them to fly away. I also chased a squirrel in central park once because he had a Doritos bag stuck on his head. I’ve always tried to usher a cockroach to safety while intoxicated. Reading this book and how these women had their little animal sidekicks (or familiars 🙄) and they each had different critters (Altha with her goat and crow, Violet with her damselfly and Kate with her bees…) I just loved the magical realism of it all!

The main lesson I took away from this story is that… women are incredible and men fucking suck and that’s that on that!

there are some disturbing and graphic scenes in this book, please need the TW for this book before reading!

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agathajanemaud1908's review

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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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clairelisebella's review

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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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eliza_beth_23's review against another edition

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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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sydneyaryn__'s review against another edition

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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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graceybookster's review

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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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weirdassfanta's review

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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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