Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

63 reviews

_bookbug's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

This was a fantastic book!! I enjoyed it soooo much. Don't know how I feel about retelling fairy tales but in this book it is well done. Couldn't decide if I should rate it 4,75 or 5 stars but I loved it so much it just HAS to be 5 stars.
Please look at the trigger and content  warnings before reading it, because it really was a lot sometimes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Torture, Transphobia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Slavery

imds'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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Abortion

njlbo1's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abortion

rockyroadbutch's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

maregred's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Racism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Classism

a_dara_ble's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

It was so good I didn't even really notice how long of a book it was. If you want strong female characters that are all equally great and different, while also being extremely flawed, often wrong, and sometimes unbelievably (and rightly) angry, this is the book for you.
It's been weeks and I still think about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Transphobia, and Abortion

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

nebulasaurus's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

winx15's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book and the magic system and the way witches were tied into womrns rights movements. The charachters were whole people with flaws but were given the chance to form meaningful relationships.  I only took half a star off cause i had moments where i thought it should be ending and i was only 1/2 or 3/4 of the way through, so pacing threw me off sometimes,  but it was lovely and wrapped up very nicely and i highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual violence, Slavery, Abortion, and Sexual harassment