Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Weyward by Emilia Hart

143 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Felt like all the rage I have of living in the misogyny that built and holds up the patriarchy was expressed and given an outlet in this book.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Infertility, Stalking, Violence, Abandonment, Abortion, Grief, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

maggiemcgrath's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

Awesome book. I loved the 3 generation layout, and the magic that was both childlike in wonder and adult in use. Really beautiful descriptions. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Rape, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Incest, Sexism, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

ladyasteria's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

It was beautiful

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abortion, Pregnancy, Blood, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Torture, and Sexual assault

meaghanslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I had been seeing this book everywhere and I probably should have checked the trigger warnings. I highly recommend you do and I wish more people when advertising books did that.

The extremely graphic triggering part of the book doesn’t come in till like a third of the way through.

I liked the switching perspectives especially in the beginning. The chapters were short and there was a nice pace to the book. Toward the middle and end the chapters were long we and started to feel slow. The book was a bit predictable toward the end.

I did like the author’s writing style (although sometimes the dialogue got a bit cheesy) and would consider reading her future works.

What really irked me and took me out of the story is at the end Kate’s abusive ex-husband finds her and instead of immediately calling the police or her friend (which she later admits she should have done) she concocts this more complicated plan to hide in the attic.  I just didn’t understand why she didn’t ask for help earlier in that crisis.  Also I’m not sure why she came down from the attic, I would have phoned for help as the animals were attack Simon. I don’t intend to victim/survivor blame but rather point out that as a reader it took me out of the story because I was thinking “what are you doing?”

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Body horror, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gore, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual violence

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.

---

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

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.

---

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

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.

---

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

scribblinginthemargins's review against another edition

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.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Violence, Slavery, Rape, Abortion, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Incest

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.

---

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

rshearon's review against another edition

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!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts