Reviews with content warning for Torture - Weyward

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callsthedusk's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

Hart’s writing is lovely and manages to create separate voices and times for each character, but it was just so sad to read so much violence against women and girls.

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goodchivesonly's review against another edition

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What is this book supposed to be about? 3 main characters and all of them have been nothing but abused by men until I quit at 53% of the book.... I couldn't continue after the

the graphic rape of a 16-year-old child

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muhm's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A though read. I do like the storyline, but it is painful to read the women in this book struggeling again and again against male violence in different shapes. It inlcudes descriptions of sexual violence that are hard to bear, and I really had to push myself through it. The middle part was quite lengthly because of this, but the ending was very strong. It is definitly not a read for moments where you do not feel settled within yourself.

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jvantland's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

Absolutely gutting. Often hopeless. All the trigger warnings for abuse. But such a powerful weaving together of stories across time. The audiobook was fantastic.

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norahhm's review

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dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

3.5

The prose was very beautiful and raw at points, particularly in the perspective of Kate, describing her experience with domestic abuse. But much of Violet and Altha’s stories are told in a way that feels very young adult, which felt discordant with the very violent and emotional content…like the quote on the front “they call us witches…we call ourselves weyward” was so Wattpad lmao.

I didn’t think the witch theme was explored enough for the amount of suspense built up throughout the book about what that entailed…I think delving more into the ways the women used their powers aside from just punishing the men would have better served the message the author seemed to be sending about finding empowerment from within—rather than from a man. Because the culmination of each woman’s journey was finding their power through hurting abusers, it decentered their personal journeys to emancipation and refocused the way they found freedom on the involvement of men.

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