Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Witches of New York by Ami McKay

11 reviews

icapturethecastle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

mausekuchen's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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

3.0

Nicely written, interesting characters and viewpoints, but I can't help feeling like it missed some of its potential.
The world-building seemed to me like it couldn't really decide how many fantasy elements it wants to incoperate, so I felt left with a story that kind of focuses on witchcraft, but also doesn't leave it enough room to fully unfold it's magic.
Overall this book feels like there could have been so many cool elements explored in this story that don't really get the stage for it - like it's the first of a trilogy which could actually focus in depth on witchcraft, the fantasy aspects and the true villain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Grief, Lesbophobia, and War

etbishop's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Death of parent

taylorthewitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia

The slur “G*psy” is used frequently throughout the book. Unclear if the character being described with the word is Romani.

jrose151's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

manonh90's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I liked the setting, the story, the descriptions, the characters. And yet, it wasn't quite a 5 star read for me, although I'm unsure why. I'll have to give that some more thought. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, and Murder

frantically's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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

4.5

this was so beautiful and felt so real. sapphic witches and found family have my heart <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Homophobia, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Sexual content

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

abominablesnowaro's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation

beccamier's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder