Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Weyward by Emilia Hart

131 reviews

aviendha's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

megharris's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

lillianfc's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

kailes22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Blood, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape

kelly93's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Abortion, Blood, Rape, Pregnancy, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Abandonment, Grief, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

godfrina's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

2.0

Three women's stories through the centuries, centering on their suffering, horrific abuse and mistreatment mostly at the hands of men. The writing itself is beautiful and I guess it's meant to read as a story of "female resilience".
However, it taught me predominantly two things:

1. I must stop getting seduced by gorgeous cover art 
2. I cannot stomach stories about misogynistic physical and emotional abuse 🤷🏻‍♀️

2 stars for the writing style and tackling the issues at hand. 
Content warnings longer than this review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Sexual violence, Incest, Religious bigotry, Blood, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Grief, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, Classism, War, and Colonisation

bdowning81's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Misogyny, Confinement, Death of parent, Rape, Abortion, Blood, Physical abuse, and Grief

fruitwash's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

After reading all the wonderful reviews, this book let me down a bit. Maybe I went in with incorrect assumptions, but I wanted MUCH MORE witchy magic. It was a lot of sexual abuse & violence against women to get through for a pretty lackluster ending and NOT MUCH MAGIC. Since there is a main character who is literally going through a witch trial, I thought it was safe to assume there would be some witchcraft? But there was only one spell alluded to in the entire book. No potions, no rituals, no sigils. 80% of the book was just relatively dull, slow-paced, magic-free descriptions of how men are abusing the three main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexism, Bullying, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Child death, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

orangepeaches's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I love how it shows women's issues through different generations and with a witchy and nature based element. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abortion, Grief, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Violence

megankriegel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

What a gorgeous display of womanhood connected through generations. The ties to nature are breathtaking. Is it too late for me to become a witch?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abortion, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Emotional abuse, Child death, Alcohol, Incest, Death, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Grief, Miscarriage, and Murder