harlijohnson 's review for:

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

4.5

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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: Yes

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While I appreciate the amount of time spent developing the characters and building anticipation, I feel like it took entirely too long to actually reach the point of the story. However, the author beautifully and tragically captured the struggle of many women and girls when they face unfortunate circumstances that come with simply being female. It really highlights the importance of Roe V Wade and proves that when forced to face situations, we can become more powerful than we ever believed possible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment