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Weyward by Emilia Hart

100 reviews

mels_reading_log's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Rape, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Sexism, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Car accident

nehaanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Infertility, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Sexual content, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Vomit, and War

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.

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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

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

pvp_niki's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, Car accident, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Alcohol, Grief, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Gaslighting, Cancer, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Vomit

doodlebeanz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

This book was a rollercoaster. It was definitely not what I was expecting and in some ways it was far heavier than I anticipated. I was given the book from a coworker and she described it as being about the Salem witch trials, which I’ve always been obsessed with since I was born and raised in Boston and learned about it, but this was not about that. It was about witches, and it had the vibes of the Salem witch trials from Althea’s POV, but the main story didn’t really have that same vibe. 

I loved Altha and Violet’s POVs the most. Kate was very sad, but as I do with most FMC, she made such idiotic mistakes. She righted the mistakes before they really affected her, which makes her a smarter FMC than some, but she just wasn’t as alluring as the other two women and her chapters/POV felt so bland in comparison of Altha and Violet. I think Violet was my favorite. 

My two favorite topics are feminine rage and nature and this book combined the two. I absolutely loved that the Weyward’s are one with nature and that they love all creatures. I resonate with that a lot. I’m the type of person who moves out of bird’s way on the street and apologize to them if I scare them and cause them to fly away. I also chased a squirrel in central park once because he had a Doritos bag stuck on his head. I’ve always tried to usher a cockroach to safety while intoxicated. Reading this book and how these women had their little animal sidekicks (or familiars 🙄) and they each had different critters (Altha with her goat and crow, Violet with her damselfly and Kate with her bees…) I just loved the magical realism of it all!

The main lesson I took away from this story is that… women are incredible and men fucking suck and that’s that on that!

there are some disturbing and graphic scenes in this book, please need the TW for this book before reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

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.

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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

cole_louise's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Abortion, Sexual assault, Rape, and Miscarriage

zgreyz'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

4.0

I really like how everything connected throughout the book.  I thought i'd be more grossed out by all the bugs but surprisingly it didn't bother me, because of the context i think.  I really liked the writing. very trauma heavy though and have some mixed feelings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Incest

Moderate: Sexism, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Blood, and Car accident

Minor: Death of parent and Forced institutionalization

cumminsn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was a wild ride from start to finish. I was enraptured by each women’s story, and how they ultimately were tied together. How each managed to have similar hardships across generations, but managed to find ways to persevere and have a fulfilling life was inspiring and hopeful. But, the problems they faced were some of the worst things, things that every woman fears happening to them. 

I’ve read a fair few of “witch” themed books at this point, and this one had a unique take on the concept that I enjoyed thoroughly. Each woman’s connection to nature was described so nicely, provided both great visuals and conveyed emotions and feelings in a relatable manner. It was kind of refreshing to read a version of “magic” described in a way that I’m not sure I’ve ever personally read before.

Do be warned though, the subject matter for each of the women is quite heavy, with explicit depictions of abuse in varying forms. This book did one thing very, very well, and that was make me extremely angry at basically every man in it (with the exception of Graham and Henry). You know a book is well written when it can make you really feel something, and this one had me experiencing so many emotions. Albeit, most of them were combinations of extreme rage at the horrible men, and sadness and empathy for the women and the terrible situations they were in.

If you can handle the rather graphic depictions of abuse in this book, then it is absolutely worth the read. Make sure you take a look at the content warnings to see if there is anything that might be too much here, I don’t want to spoil anything but there are some very detailed scenes involving blood and pregnancy that could be bothersome. Other than that, I can’t think of anything negative to say about the story itself or how it was written. I’m hoping to find more by this author, I enjoyed this quite a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abortion, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abandonment and Suicide attempt