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Weyward by Emilia Hart

358 reviews

pvp_niki's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, Car accident, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Alcohol, Grief, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Gaslighting, Cancer, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Vomit

bexj30's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

Feminism, witches, magical realism,  multiple POV, shitty men, well written, what more could you want.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Violence, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Abortion

doodlebeanz's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

agathajanemaud1908's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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

gretamitg's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Miscarriage, Abortion, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, War, and Vomit

broraruth's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

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

kaitlynhermansen's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Incest, Abortion, Blood, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

adina98's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious sad

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

3.75

i hate men

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Incest

Minor: Car accident