Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan

5 reviews

hannahduda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Genocide, Grief, Infertility, Death of parent, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Blood, Violence, Abandonment, Abortion, Animal death, Pregnancy, and War

luna_staci's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Abortion, Infertility, Animal death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

circe813's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Misogyny, Violence, War, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Genocide

Moderate: Animal death

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Moving and complex, this novel tells the story of the Orchiere witches, spanning over several decades. The book has some slow parts but the rest of the book makes up for those. The characters are as complex and intriguing as the story itself and the underlying thread that talks of feminine power is just as applicable today as it was one hundred years ago. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Violence, and War

Moderate: Abortion, Animal death, and Antisemitism

laurenfro22's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Loved this-finished in 2 days! Loved the setting of the plot against the flow of ‘real world’ history. Beautiful writing, complex characters, fabulous depiction of the complicated relationship between mothers/daughters. Interesting exploration of destiny versus self determined and the choices we make echoing the past. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexual content