Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

36 reviews

ka_ke's review against another edition

I don’t mind slow pacing, but I can’t stand reading about pregnancy for chapters on end. I would recommend avoiding this book if you have no desire to experience pregnancy, childbirth or parenthood. 

What could have been a story of adventure, romance and diversity  turned into a book about women becoming mothers simply because that was expected of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Blood, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

butterklotz's review

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

The writing of this book and the entire story are stunningly beautiful. The witch's heart is a book definitely worth reading, however strange the characters and the plot may seem at some points - but that's mostly due to the aspects of Norse mythology. 

So, overall, 4/5 🌟 from me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Torture, Blood, and Pregnancy

addyisnothere's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Murder

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I love everything about this except that it centers around a triggering topic for me and I had to stop.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, and War

zghutcheson01's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

5.0

This is a wonderful interpretation of Norse mythology and I was obsessed from the first few pages. The title felt a little too cheesy for me at first but by the end it was so beautiful and emotional that the title made absolute sense. While there is a good bit of romance, this isn't a romance book but instead centers on a woman who constantly has her happiness taken away from her and expands on Norse myths that are more footnotes than stories, giving them their due.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

candeegirl's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

absolutely destroyed me. I love Angrboda and all of her children. can't wait for more from this author, she wrote so well and weaved in so many stories. I cannot recommend this book enough

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Torture and Blood

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcohol

r_a_bell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Somewhat slow, and there are man at moments where I found the main characters to be absolutely infuriating. However, the storyline was compelling and I still wasn’t able to put it down. There is a sapphic storyline, but it isn’t even really acknowledge until the book was almost over, though I was relieved that it was actually addressed in a satisfying way instead of just being dangled in front of us the whole time. Definitely feel like some of the characters didn’t get as much time in the storyline as I felt they deserved. There should also be some trigger warnings as I found a lot of the material to be sensitive, but it’s hard to put into words why, exactly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

montyalmoro's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, and Death of parent