Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

86 reviews

aklovekorn's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Gore, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Bullying, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, and Xenophobia

loz_ange's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, and Animal cruelty

callistag1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Violence, Classism, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Colonisation, Death, Child death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

zoeelora's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Abandonment, Xenophobia, Grief, Animal death, Hate crime, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, and Gun violence

readwithria's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed A Far Wilder Magic. It was lovely to read about Margaret and Wes, and their trials and tribulations together. 

I will say that something about the pacing of this book didn’t quite click with me, and I don’t love how little time there was for resolution at the end, but otherwise this was really enjoyable! Definitely a good spooky season read for people who enjoy reading seasonally. 3.5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders

readingbymollie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Violence, and Abandonment

maresuju's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

theangrystackrat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad 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

4.75

Margaret is a lonely girl, emotionally neglected by her famous alchemist mother. Wes is a boy from the wrong side of the tracks desperate to learn alchemy to save his family. Their worlds collide when Wes seeks out Maggie's elusive mother as a teacher and they form an uneasy alliance to secure what they both want. This was an emotional roller-coaster. The characters felt fully fleshed out, emotionally and as people. This was just so well written and heartbreaking yet hopeful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Emotional abuse

recklessric's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was pitched to me as a cozy fall sweater and that's mostly what it is. I would say it didn't quite have the charm of Legends and Lattes which I think tries to fit in a similar vein but I think that's probably entirely dependent on how interested and invested you are in the romance that's central to this story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Antisemitism, Racism, Classism, Animal death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, and Colonisation

Minor: Xenophobia and Sexual content

delia_'s review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

i absolutely ADORED this book. like honestly. the descriptions were breathtaking and the love between the main characters blew me away. it deals with heavier handed topics like racism, class disparity, and religious discrimination, but the author does really well commenting on them. the ending is a little different than might be expected, but not in a bad way at all!! 

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT :)))

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Gore