Reviews with content warning for Sexism - Weyward

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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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gretamitg's review against another edition

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

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

4.5

It broke my heart and put it back together. The relationship of these women across the centuries and the way their stories mirrored and influenced eachother really got to me.
It really is a feminist epic. And it made me want to be less scared of insects, although i haven't gotten very far with that yet.

You should be aware of the potentially triggering themes in this book though. R*pe, domestic violence, miscarriage and termination of pregnancy are strong plot points.

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scribblinginthemargins's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

An interconnecting story of 3 women from the 'weyward' family, and their affinity for nature and healing.

Initially the jumping back and forth between the 3 characters really irritated me as I felt it broke up the flow of the story. But towards the latter half this helped build tension across the narratives - tension was lacking quite often in each narrative on its own as not much came as a surprise!

There's some unfortunate over use of tropes around trauma that knocked this down a bit for me, just because it felt that the plot was pretty predictable rather than nuanced in how it looked at violence against women, and this left the characters feeling a bit flat at times.

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kaitlynhermansen's review against another edition

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2.0

Described as an “enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world,” I figured I would really enjoy this book. I truly love a book about strong, resilient women and thought this sounds like a very interesting historical fantasy. Although I enjoyed the writing style, I didn’t really gel with any of the characters and didn’t ever really get into this book. More importantly, I was not prepared for a somewhat graphic rape scene and every woman in this to experience some type of sexual, physical, or psychological abuse. I expected a book about magic- but that only comes into play at the very end of the novel and I didn’t find it to be empowering at all, but rather a last resort to scary and sad situations. The justice in this novel is fleeting- only coming after chapter and chapters of abuse.

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rshearon's review

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this book was very good! it was well-written and exciting. and it reaffirmed my misandry (I HATE MEN). i thoroughly enjoyed the three different povs from three generations of the same matriarchal line. it was. nothing like i expected, though! i went in blind thinking it would be fantastical and witchy, and instead it was moving and tense. i was on edge pretty much the entire time. the magic aspect was more toned down than i expected, but i really enjoyed it. the themes of scorned women/womanhood in general and justice and fear and violence and power were all very emotional. it was a very sadly realistic look at generations of trauma that women have had to live through.

for me, personally, the book dealt with topics that i generally have on my “do not read” list. this story was told brilliantly, but it was definitely a hard read for me. while i loved the FMCs and their story, it was a bit much for me emotionally. i also feel as though the entire plot was a bit obvious from about 40% in. the writing was extremely well done though and the story was beautiful; it was just hard on me personally !! will def be checking out this author again in the future!

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zgreyz's review

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dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

I really like how everything connected throughout the book. I thought i'd be more grossed out by all the bugs but surprisingly it didn't bother me, because of the context i think. I really liked the writing. very trauma heavy though and have some mixed feelings.

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