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triciabee's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse
mellowreading's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Rape
Moderate: Abortion, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, and Infertility
torturedreadersdept's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Alcohol, Animal death, and Body horror
rachelle_reads's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Miscarriage
hnelson510's review against another edition
Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Car accident, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide attempt
gidgetdraws's review
- 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
Readers who enjoyed The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner and/or Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese will enjoy this work and vice versa.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Abortion, Rape, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Alcohol, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, and Car accident
authorbrittanibee's review against another edition
I also enjoyed how the author split the three perspectives not only in what POV she wrote them in (1st for Altha and 3rd for Violet + Kate), but also by the tense in which each was written. I have read books in the past where the tense an POV were the same across all the characters and that sometimes made it difficult to separate each perspective a bit.
Now on to the parts I didn't enjoy and why I inevitably DNF'd this book.
The largest reason I put these stories down was because of the lack of trigger warnings. When I read the story blurb, there was little indication (outside of Kate having an abusive partner) that so much violence was going to be witnessed against these women. Even with regards to Kate, the blurb felt much more lofty than what she divulges within her own storyline. Things are not brushed over (which I understand -- trauma is not something that gets easily swept under the rug in real life) and are gone into heavy detail, which is fine if you are OK with reading that sort of thing AND if there is ample warning ahead of time. For Kate, I had no warning aside from knowing she had an abusive partner from the very brief blurb mention and felt affronted by the things she described her partner having done to her.
I then read a few reviews and found out that so much more happens to the other characters, but there is no warning anywhere on the book that suggests such violence would occur. Seeing as I have trouble reading stories about women and children who are violated, this book wouldn't have been one for me to purchase had I known all of these issues going in. I stopped reading shortly after
Outside of the issues with trigger warnings, I also found that I could kind of guess as to the ending of each of the stories as well as what was happening next. And personally, I have come to realize that I don't much enjoy the splitting of multiple timelines into one narrative. I prefer stories that really follow a main character's journey through a longer period of time. Honestly, Altha's story was the most intriguing for me and I found myself wanting to know more about her and her mother's life prior to the trial the narrative opens up on. I could have read an entire book revolving around that and would have loved it!
Finally, although this book depicts witches and magic, I felt that both were somewhat lacking. After getting halfway through the narrative, there was still this very slow trickle of information regarding the characters uncanny connection with the natural world and what that meant for them. It felt very frustrating.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Abortion
sgregoire01's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Death of parent
Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, Confinement, War, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Car accident
the_m_lor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit
eli_like_a_lie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape
Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Miscarriage