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Outlawed by Anna North

6 reviews

lovejasmine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

The biggest problem with this book is that it could have been so much better than it was. It could have been so inclusive and intersectional and diverse, and could have been a beautiful, in depth story of marginalised people coming together in a world that hates them.

Instead, we got the barest hint of that, with a very self centred, very white narrator that was, honestly, kind of boring.

The worst thing about this book was it wasn't bad. It just could have been incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abortion, Blood, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Violence, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Animal death, and Chronic illness

mals_library's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Gun violence, Sexism, Infertility, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Transphobia, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, and Sexual content

emsim's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

The Handmaid's Tale but make it a western, with a dash of Station Eleven.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Infertility, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Abortion, and Ableism

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Violence

hollyenchanted's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful medium-paced

• 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

Minor: Abortion, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical trauma, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Sexual content

The world North created is brutal and all-to-recognizable. Which makes the outlaws all the more heroic and interesting.

courtneycanread's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Who knew I loved westerns?! Would 10/10 become an outlaw with this gender queer gang of incredible humans. So much heart in such a small book. I’m ready for my horse now! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Infertility, Hate crime, and Homophobia