Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Sorcières by Mona Chollet

5 reviews

ka_ke's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Abandonment

_annika__'s review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.0

Sorcières : La puissance invaincue des femmes by Mona Chollet attracted attention and sales in France when it was originally published in 2018. Now as In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial translated to English by Sophie R. Lewis in 2022. Countless pages later, almost 8 hours, (x2)— I ran into toil and trouble. A longer review on my blog. Thoughts, questioning some specific parts for accuracy, clarity, comparing a little with the French edition too. Unfortunately, it came out when I had other priorities, so languished on my TBR.  Bref, ignorez les best-sellers, ne vous forcez pas! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Abortion, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Antisemitism, and Lesbophobia

Discussion also includes ageism and age gaps along with instances of offensive language.

bleuennreads_'s review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective

5.0

I loved this book ! It was really interesting and I learned a lot about society, patriarchy and of course feminism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Abortion

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Mmmm yes.

A few favourite points: the villainisation of older women (aka, women who no longer serve a purpose to men): womens reproduction rights and women who are, voluntarily, childless; and the sexism and misogyny in medicine, particularly midwifery, stemming from the fear of 'witch' healers

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Abortion, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Classism