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A review by pandoraschaos
Weyward by Emilia Hart
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-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
2.0
Audiobook listen time 10:51 at 1.65 speed with 1.7 for last hour.
Trigger warnings
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SA including drugging/intentionally getting someone drunk & R*pe, & vividly described domestic violence. Suicidal ideations, miscarriage & infertility, pregnancy including unwanted, medical provider induced trauma (checking for hymen). And as someone that has Tokophobia, descriptions of child movement in the womb.
Spoilers below
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Giving it 3 stars for women empowerment. But MAN it started slow. Maybe I’ve just been reading too many series where context building doesn’t have to happen for the first half of the book… but boy howdy I almost
didn’t finish this. Within the first 5 minutes of the book, one of the characters is getting slapped by her partner. It was definitely something i had to pause for a second, which was something that happened multiple times while reading this book. And then the author added the age old toxic positivity line about DV and “not being a victim, but being a survivor” just didn’t sit right with me.
I’m guess I’m glad I finished it. But I’m gonna need a palette cleanser after this one.
Took me almost 75% of the book before I realized the connection between Altha’s best friend “whatever(maybe grace?)” metclaf and Violet’s nanny Metclaf. But if the metclaf’s knew about the Weyward’s gifts…. Why would the nanny not have told Violet about her mother?!
And to whoever edited the audiobook after the person read it… you suck. Why did I have to keep hearing the narrators breaths? 😅
Actually the more I write this review. The more I realize that I hated this book. 😂 changing it to 2 stars.
Trigger warnings
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SA including drugging/intentionally getting someone drunk & R*pe, & vividly described domestic violence. Suicidal ideations, miscarriage & infertility, pregnancy including unwanted, medical provider induced trauma (checking for hymen). And as someone that has Tokophobia, descriptions of child movement in the womb.
Spoilers below
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Giving it 3 stars for women empowerment. But MAN it started slow. Maybe I’ve just been reading too many series where context building doesn’t have to happen for the first half of the book… but boy howdy I almost
didn’t finish this. Within the first 5 minutes of the book, one of the characters is getting slapped by her partner. It was definitely something i had to pause for a second, which was something that happened multiple times while reading this book. And then the author added the age old toxic positivity line about DV and “not being a victim, but being a survivor” just didn’t sit right with me.
I’m guess I’m glad I finished it. But I’m gonna need a palette cleanser after this one.
Took me almost 75% of the book before I realized the connection between Altha’s best friend “whatever(maybe grace?)” metclaf and Violet’s nanny Metclaf. But if the metclaf’s knew about the Weyward’s gifts…. Why would the nanny not have told Violet about her mother?!
And to whoever edited the audiobook after the person read it… you suck. Why did I have to keep hearing the narrators breaths? 😅
Actually the more I write this review. The more I realize that I hated this book. 😂 changing it to 2 stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and War