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Weyward by Emilia Hart

100 reviews

kelly93's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Abortion, Blood, Rape, Pregnancy, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Abandonment, Grief, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

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

dazzy's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Abortion, Rape, and Blood

Moderate: Murder, Vomit, Incest, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt

bdowning81's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Misogyny, Confinement, Death of parent, Rape, Abortion, Blood, Physical abuse, and Grief

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.0

Weyward overall was an interesting story of women who barely knew each other with three intertwined lives. Though since it was three narrators, it took a long time for the story to build and was easy to forget details of each lead narrator's life. The second half of the book, in my opinion, is far stronger than the first.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Sexism, and Stalking

Through telling the power of women, Weyward highlights a lot of the struggles of women which includes an almost excessive amount of violence against them (sexual, physical, and emotional abuse).

lorettoberg's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

2.0

too rapey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Stalking, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment

adrilynn21's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, Vomit, Death of parent, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

soph_duke's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

angeljg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Grief, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Abortion, Violence, and Toxic relationship

rneel95'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Rape, Car accident, Body horror, Pregnancy, Abortion, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Stalking, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Suicide