Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec

7 reviews

littlelibraryoflaura's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? Yes

4.75

This book was so much better than I thought it would be. I added it to my TBR earlier this year because Goodreads recommended it to me in the "historical fiction" genre. I have always been curious about Norse history, but most of my historical fiction forays have stayed in the Tudor era. It was really cool to delve into this historical fantasy novel (as the authour put it at the end of the book) and learn about Norse history. I loved the magical, witchy elements—it felt like the perfect autumn read. I adored the characters: Gunnhild and Oddny, whilst flawed and extremely different, were so engaging to read about. There were also some really tense moments in the book that made me scared to keep reading. I felt emotional at the end of the book, and that's when it hit me that I was more attached to these characters and their stories than I had thought. A really great read. 4.75 stars—I'm a sucker for flawed characters, sisterly bonds, magic, and enemies-to-lovers, and I enjoyed the time period more than I thought I would. I've already added Gornichec's book The Witch's Heart to my TBR. I really recommend this! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence

katekatiekait's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

doctadri44's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Deadnaming, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Trafficking

seregelda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

CW: slavery, animal sacrifice, death, violence, gore

Really good, but I didn't know till the end note that it was partly based on historical figures. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Sexual violence

elorathesun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Animal death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

As someone who loved The Witch's Heart, I had high hopes for this. It unfortunately doesn't come close to how much I loved the author's previous work, but I still really enjoyed it. Love that one character is explicitly demi-sexual with stating how they can't do intimacy without really knowing someone first (love the ace/aro rep) and one character is trans. Overall loved the story and the little twists/reveals. The main characters are good as well even though they frustrated me at times throughout. Many of the minor characters were great though.
I will say there are a lot of slow spots for me and I didn't have the same intense emotions reading it as the authors previous book, and those are big reasons it wasn't a 5star read like The Witch's Heart for me. I will still totally look forward to any books or work this author does in the future!
Check trigger/content warnings although nothing was super graphic stuff was still detailed and mentioned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

mzgeee53's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Alcohol