Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Weyward by Emilia Hart

40 reviews

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Violence, Physical abuse, Abortion, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Gore, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, Grief, Murder, Confinement, Vomit, and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, and Religious bigotry

booknerdcoco's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring 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

3.5

Firstly, the cover design is gorgeous 😍 

I liked how the story was told from 3 perspectives of the same ancscetral line, and all culminated in the end.

I think the political undertones of this book are relevant in today's society, which is a sad truth.

Overall, I enjoyed the plot and the character development. However, at times, it did feel tedious, and I found myself wanting scan over parts in order to get to through the story.

I would recommend it, as overall, it was an enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Abortion, Car accident, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Terminal illness and Colonisation

amalauna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abortion, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Grief, Rape, Sexism, Abandonment, Death of parent, Car accident, Confinement, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

maucha's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

Please read the trigger warnings, I didn’t expect a lot of the violence in the book. Otherwise it was a great read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

thisiscorine's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Death, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Sexual violence

Minor: Religious bigotry, Vomit, and Car accident

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

its_thekla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Surprisingly it was less the subject matter that kept me interested and more the way Emilia Hart wove this story. It's not a beautiful story. It's hard and dark, but so hopeful. A story of women, bound by blood and separated by time, overcoming the world around them. Men are such easy villains to cast, especially men like these. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Vomit, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Blood

hmaggs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Blood, Abortion, Grief, Car accident, Confinement, Rape, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

atamano's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexism

Moderate: Body shaming, Miscarriage, Death, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Rape

Minor: War and Religious bigotry

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

Beautiful & magical. A story about the power of women and the bond between them, even when they’ve been kept away from one another for far too long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Vomit, Torture, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death of parent, Classism, Confinement, Abortion, Blood, Child death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, War, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Infertility, Car accident, Child abuse, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Cancer, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage