Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec

12 reviews

dcm7918's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Slavery, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Self harm and Sexual assault

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

lprox112's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

I thoroughly enjoyed the weaver and the witch queen! This is a historical fantasy adventure that sweeps you up into a nordic world of ritual and battle and politics, but that is all simply an enchanting setting for the characters to act within as they work through the complicated dynamics of evolving friendships, trauma, love, betrayal, and the messy process of discovering who you want to be. The story is told through Gunnhild and Oddny's perspective, but you are introduced to so many interesting and mysterious people throughout the novel - i was constantly wondering how their relationships would change as more and more information was revealed. The pace was great, the character development was realistic and deep and varied. And the plot was rich and satisfying to the end. I feel as though a sequel is coming... not sure if thats coming or not but i would be glad for it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Self harm, and Death of parent

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

softanimal's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and I love Gronichec's writing but it didn't grab me as much as the Witch's Heart. I couldn't help comparing the two unfortunately. But still a wonderful story and telling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

Minor: Rape, Slavery, Vomit, and Outing

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

netanya_shira's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kenley11's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Trafficking

sarasreading'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

4.0

This book was great! At first I was worried it was going to be a bit slow, with too many characters, but it wasn't. The book picked up right away and I was never bored. I used to really enjoy the show Vikings, and the cultural elements in this were vivid to me as I could already picture so many aspects of Nordic life. 

The magic system and world building were great, and I was really invested in the characters' relationships, and surprise representation I wasn't expecting. 

After also loving The Witch's Heart by this author, I think they've become an auto-read for me now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia, Medical content, Trafficking, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury