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micaela_s's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
2.5
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
dryftveil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Abortion, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content
rocketdea's review against another edition
Los personajes femeninos son figuras negativas que, o bien son objeto de adulterio y abandono del interés romántico de la protagonista o bien tienen funciones como provocar un aborto satánico.
Las relaciones "románticas" son terriblemente tóxicas y verticales (diferencia de edad, siendo en una ocasión ella menor de edad, diferencias y dependencia económica...).
Por ejemplo, en la primera de las vidas pasadas la protagonista, de 16 años, se enamora y acuesta con un tío mayor que ella. Su madre se entera, hace que el tío abandone a la chica y le practica un aborto con un conjuro satánico que termina con la muerte de la propia madre. Parece que a la autora le parece que la chica aún necesita más traumas, así que hace que la violen dos tipos y luego le orinen encima. Siguiendo con esta misma línea, las cosas empiezan a mejorar pero se acaba enamorando de otro tipo mayor que se casa con otra y la chica se acaba suicidando. La segunda vida no es mucho mejor, pero creo que con la primera ya queda claro.
En fin, que he aguantado hasta la mitad y ya no lo soporto más. Cuanto más escucho, más me cabreo.
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
intensej's review against another edition
4.5
Sayers does a great job of creating memorable characters and threading the different reincarnations of Juliet together. I thought the ending of the book was satisfying. I enjoyed the way Sayers wrote about music and painting. It reminded me of the way Patrick Rothfuss described music in The Name of the Wind. Fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue will enjoy this book. A Witch in Time would be a good book for a book discussion.
Content: sexual assault, suicide, abortion
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Abortion
hannahrosey's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy
ka_ke's review against another edition
- 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? No
2.0
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism
Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma
bethhreads's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Moderate: Rape and Suicide
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infertility, Sexual assault, Suicide, Car accident, Abortion, and Death of parent
katiedalton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
It lost me when we went into each of Helen’s past lives in detail. Especially the point where they learn about the curse and in repetitive detail tell the reader what we learned in the first third of the book with Helen and Juliet’s stories.
The last third of the book picked up the pace but felt weird after the slow repetitive feeling of the middle section. Plus there was some weird out of character actions thrown in with Sandra. That felt very out of place with the rest of the story.
Pair that with a 3 hour long chapter (I listened to the audiobook) and none of the book flowed. It could’ve been amazing with a great editor or a new eye of “what the fuck is going on? Let’s rework this”
Also very graphic detailing of rape and sexual assault that I was not prepared for going into this book. That I would argue served no purpose to the overall storyline.
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Death, Gore, and Abortion
Minor: Drug use, Suicide, Murder, and War
renettereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
In 2012, Helen is living her fourth life. Not that she knows it, of course. At the beginning of this book we meet her some months after having separated from her husband Roger. When she goes on a blind date with Luke, she starts to remember snippets from a previous life. As it all starts to slot into place, she realises she’s cursed to live through a doomed romance time and time again before dying, and is now at risk of running out of time to finally break the cycle.
This was such an interesting read for me. It gave me quite an Invisible Life of Addie LaRue vibe in that it was really atmospheric, isolated to a small cast of characters, and journeyed through a stretching timeline. I loved seeing how each iteration of this person was so vastly different and how each of those parts influenced one another.
The plot isn’t overly complicated and yet it felt like a lot was happening because we were basically catching up on four lifespans. Parts of this book was definitely a little dark, but it usually didn’t last very long and never felt unnecessary. Not when it all outlined struggles women face on the daily and I could appreciate that the author wanted to incorporate some of those heavier topics to create depth of character. Overall, I was gripped by the fresh take on witches and I particularly liked the pecurliarity of the love story.
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, and Abortion
ahnminjim's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Rape, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Chronic illness and Vomit