Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Weyward by Emilia Hart

173 reviews

sunshinemonarch's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Car accident, Sexual harassment, Blood, Pregnancy, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Classism, Miscarriage, and Gaslighting

siobhanreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, and Murder

roseknows124's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Dementia, Sexual violence, Abortion, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Sexual assault, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Animal death, Confinement, Misogyny, War, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

vineyivy's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Violence, Gore, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gaslighting, Abortion, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

This book needed lots of CONTENT WARNINGS at the beginning. It was especially upsetting to me that the author uses , and if I had known that, I wouldn't have read it. It really seems like the author is using it as a way to link the characters, make things hard for them, and create drama. It wasn't handled with care and trauma-recovery in mind.

hematthews's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Rape, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Stalking, Confinement, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, War, and Vomit

chaniaclare's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

2.75

The inter generational parallels is nice, but

the women don’t seem to have much plot or personality beyond their trauma from men. I understand that’s the point, but it made it very repetitive and reduced the women to their relationships and trauma

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Forced institutionalization

beth_s98's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was a really interesting story. I really enjoyed how the three story lines were wound together. I love the girl power and sense of family through generations you may not have ever met. There are some very dark moments, though, so it could be triggering to some people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Miscarriage and Murder

There are a LOT of dark moments through all three plot lines. Many of them stem from domestic abuse. Truly it is hard to avoid if that is something that may be triggering for you.

kfanucchi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Blood, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War, Vomit, and Medical trauma

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?”

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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

tbeaulieu's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage