Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Weyward by Emilia Hart

242 reviews

lmoran46's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Violence, Rape, Stalking, and Miscarriage

bethlaughs's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Rape

eloiseatthelibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

I really enjoyed this book - I'm a big fan of books with multiple perspectives over generations so that was something that really drew me to this book. Loved the magical realism and feel like the author balanced the "witchy" and "real" beautifully. 

Obsessed with the cover for this too - it's so beautiful. And the quote at the end really resonated for me: 

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.
Adrienne Rich

This book is dark though and the women do all experience trauma so wouldn't recommend reading before looking at the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Car accident and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt and Medical trauma

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.

spinstah's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

This follows three women of very different generations across parallel stories as they learn to harness their witchy connection to the earth. While I really enjoyed this it was hard to listen to at times, as there are graphic descriptions of domestic abuse and the narrator for the character who experiences most of it does a really excellent job putting a lot of panic and stress into her performance. There's not really a ton of character development outside of each women realizing she's better off without most or all of the men around her, but IMO the story isn't really about the individual women, it's more about the family legacy and how it comes to manifest in each new generation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abortion, Violence, and Rape

setiff23's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Blood, Alcohol, and Physical abuse

lfiddy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abortion, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

manicake's review

2.5

I am sick and tired of the “women must survive horrible trauma from men to be a fully realised and whole woman”. I barely got any sense of plot from these women other than being survivors and being able to give birth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Rape, Abandonment, Abortion, Car accident, Violence, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, and Medical trauma