Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

15 reviews

queclecumber's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Homophobia, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

eleanora's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Racism, Police brutality, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Colonisation

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

spineofthesaurus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual assault, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Deadnaming, Slavery, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

jennay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

Very well written/ read.

Would love to see this become a movie - if the producers can capture the emotions of the book accurately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Pandemic/Epidemic