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Weyward by Emilia Hart

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okgm's review against another edition

Gosh, I really tried and tried and tried with this one and it got to the point where I simply had to throw in the towel. I really hate dnf-ing books and usually pull through until the ending, but knee deep into the book and I still had absolutely no idea what the point was. I realize that perhaps the book is about empowering women to overcome their horrifying circumstances but I'm not sure if it was really hitting home for me? The writing was pretty good but a lot of the trauma was incredibly heavy handed, like, a LOT more telling than showing, and a lot of the historical White Feminism really made me cringe (this book is Not for womanists). I was hoping there would be a lot more magical elements but the closest we got was a connection to nature and the use of elderberries (I could be wrong as I did not finish the book). A part of me wishes that the author took more time to do research on tinctures or SOMETHING, because the magic-in-question was just based off of "odd" vibes and being outside. It felt more about historical aestheticism than hereditary witchcraft (maybe that was the point??? that these women are being accused of witchcraft and they actually just like bugs??? irdk???). It just wasn't for me and I wanted so badly to enjoy it. Oh well, on to the next.

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morganvw's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

personally i loved this book although wish they had some content warnings as this read was darker than expected (like lots of dark stuff). out of the three povs, i really liked violet and wanted more from altha; kate was kind of a boring character but since her story tied together with the others’ i wasn’t that bothered overall. women’s resilience was the clear theme throughout the book, and although i liked that message, it felt like there was so much darkness that happened to get to the resilience, we didn’t see them actually *being* resilient after. so the hopefulness that i think the author wanted to highlight wasn’t really shining in the end. i really enjoyed the mystery around it and bouncing from pov to pov to pov and piecing things together with the characters.

now i want to befriend a crow.

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jgzatkin's review against another edition

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4.25

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basil_touche's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful 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

3.0

I wasn't quite sure I'd enjoy this when I started listening to it, but it turns out I found it engaging, if a little repetitive with the descriptions (you could make a shot game out of the times that kate's heart pounds).

I like that with the audiobook the three women were narrated by three different narrators; helped them feel like distinct characters. Altha was my favourite. Her voice felt very of the period (1619), and her personality felt very distinct from Violet and Kate. The way that their stories linked up over the centuries was well done, though perhaps a tad too contrived at points (especially how Violet is linked with a certain event in the last chapter). The book is filled with heavy subject matter, but I think that it is treated with care. Fair warning that it does get very graphic at times. I did feel that most of the antagonists were a bit one note/dimensional

with the exception of Fredrick

(a little like the man bad woman good trope, this book can get a bit gender essentialist at times)

I'm not sure if I'm fully happy with how all their plot threads end

(The fact they feel like their obligated to carry on the Weyward legacy by getting pregnant bothered me, especially in regards to Altha, just kinda robbed her of some of her agency)

, although I do like how understated the magical elements are, how it's mainly a connection to the animals and insects.

Overall I enjoyed this, probably won't read it again or other books similar to it. Kinda feels like if you've read one, you've read them all

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mels_reading_log's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

This book tells the stories of three women along the same family line, separated by hundreds of years. Each of the women were extra connected to nature, able to connect with animals, bugs and birds as well as heal with herbs and other plants. Each one of them had to deal with difficult people, cruel men, and heartbreaking situations. Of course there were accusations of witchcraft. Men need to be happy women are just looking for equality and not revenge, because we have suffered so much over the years.

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taylor_bb's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It started off really strong... then it went downhill... then it picked back up again! Another "man bad, woman good" story, which I don't mind but it did get a bit overwhelming with the abuse sometimes. It was more graphic than I thought it would be, and a few scenes in particular made me feel sick. Overall, I enjoyed it, but it was a bit heavy on the melancholy side, more than I thought it would be. But yeah, pretty okay book, probably wouldn’t reread though.

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