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nehaanna's review against another edition
- 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
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
brandi1122's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abortion, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Rape
Moderate: Body shaming and Death
brashknuckles's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Abortion, Car accident, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Rape, Child abuse, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Stalking, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Sexism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Torture
kimveach's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Infertility, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Bullying, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Vomit, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Stalking, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Classism, and Sexism
sabrina_riegler's review against another edition
4.25
This is a gothic, witchy and atmospheric novel with deep connections to nature and sprinkles of magical realism. Beautifully written, captivating and thought provoking.
WARNING: Books don't often come with content warnings, but this one should.
graphic rape, abuse, pregnancy (including unwanted), pregnancy loss, miscarriage, abortion, deadly injury, persecution, humiliation/forced nakedness, suicidal ideation and almost attempt
Graphic: Rape, Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Child death, and Sexual assault
Minor: Body shaming, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts
atamano's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
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
opie_azvuc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
I'm really concerned for the author of this book. I don't know if men did something to her, or she's just chronically online or something, but she HATES men so MUCH. Every single male character in this book is an absolute monster save exactly one who's only kind of okay until the very end where he's a hero. To be fair, two of the three "protagonists" are incredibly bad at it.
Misandry aside, this book is not that well written. Each chapter takes around 5-10 minutes to read and less than that in the first third or so of the book. Each chapter follows around one of three women in three completely different time periods and ends on a cliffhanger. The first few chapters are only around 6 pages each, so it's very jarring and disconnected and feels like the author may have written it while guzzling espresso and shooting cocaine.
The first person we follow is Altha, a woman accused of witchcraft in the 1600's and literally the only protagonist to have any sort of backbone or agency despite the face her situation is the most dire. She avoids prosecution and immolation and goes on to rescue the wife of an abusive husband by causing said abusive husband to be attacked by woodland creatures Loony Tunes style.
The second protagonist, Violet, is a sixteen year old girl with an abusive father and a brother off at boarding school during World War 2. Her cousin, a soldier, comes to stay with the family on leave, date rapes Violet, and the father finds out and sequesters her in this cabin in the woods where it turns out he had her mother interred there where all sorts of horrible things happened to her by men. She learns how to give herself an abortion using noxious weeds and realizes she has the power to chase her father away with woodland creatures Loony Tunes style.
The third protagonist is Kate in 2019 who is running from an abusive boyfriend she has been with for 5 years and has had multiple chances to get away from but chose not to until she decided to flee to the countryside, at no point contacting the police, battered women's shelter, lawyer, or anything that makes sense. She doesn't even bother to get a gun or ask any of her new acquiaintances to look out for her. When the boyfriend tracks her down because of the script, she realizes she also has the power to chase her boyfriend away with woodland creatures Loony Tunes style.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Dementia, Medical trauma, Grief, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide, Gore, Bullying, Classism, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence
prairieraven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Body shaming, Car accident, Infidelity, Classism, Sexual harassment, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
catethereader's review against another edition
TRIGGER WARNINGS: R*PE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; PREGNANCY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY LOSS; MISCARRIAGE; ABORTION; SUICIDE.
If you are a woman and you write so easy about raping a child, you are insane and i am disgusted. This book needs so many trigger warnings about everything. This is not about witchcraft, is not gothic or mysterious, is not a historical fiction, is not a fantasy. Is troubling and awful. The things that are happening to these women.. It's a toxic and unnecessary book and i am glad i did not bought it. Is described every example of violence towards women. The writing is stupid and the characters are weak and naive. I am disgusted by how the author tried to show how women can endure anything and keep their head up, but i am sure you could have found better examples. It's the worst book i've read ever, the author did not care enough to write some trigger warnings before reading this book. You won't find anything magical or historical in "Wayward". It's just a bad book wit a bad plot and a worse writing.
The male characters were added just to show how awful men can be, and we get it, you hate men. You are not the only one. They exist in this book only to torture women. We are in 2023, i can't read books about abuse and misogyny anymore. We should stop romanticising it. Maybe the author wanted to show a woman's rage, but she did not succeded. The main plot of this book is PREGNANCY, more than that, unwanted pregnancy.
But i will never forgive and author, male or female, for writing a scene where a child is raped. Never.
fck this book, save you time and your sanity.
Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexism, Rape, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Body shaming