Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec

14 reviews

tamara_joy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The Viking Age setting really comes alive. Halfway through, I didn't like the book - all the terrible decisions being made were bothering me. But by the end it picked up again and carried the story through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Classism, and Deportation

tashtasher's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

Difficult to finish. The characters are annoying and cringe. The dialogue is bad. The story is incredibly slow and draggy. The plot was pretty shallow and it seemed like the characters had no interest in finding Signy because they were each preoccupied with their love lives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Transphobia, and Alcohol

wildflowercrypt's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

i finished this book simply to say i gave it a fair chance, up until the very end, to win me over. it didn’t.

the historical inaccuracies are numerous and glaring. the writing itself is juvenile and in no way reflects the time period or its setting; everyone in this book talks like teenagers from a CW tv show— any CW tv show.  the main character of Gunnhild is selfish,  contemptuous, petulant, and for a nearly thirty year old woman, infuriatingly childish. Oddny is better, in that she’s at least likable, but her characterization is far too bland to be compelling. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Rape

katiemack's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.25

I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I liked this better than Genevieve Gornichec's previous novel, The Witch's Heart, likely because it was less of a straightforward mythology retelling and more of Gornichec's own creation. The dialogue is also stronger and less awkward. One aspect from The Witch's Heart that I was happy to see preserved here, however, is how much agency our women protagonists have--they're incredibly strong, inspiration, smart, and bitingly funny in their wit. There's also a trans character (possible spoiler?) that ends up having a major role in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and War