Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Weyward by Emilia Hart

5 reviews

madmantha's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Entrancing book and concept. 

Lost a star from me because the r*pe scene halfway through was unnecessarily detailed and descriptive.

I feel like in this day and age, we have many tools and resources that we don’t need scenes such as this one mentioned to be written on the page, or worse, recorded audibly. 

There’s hundreds of ways this scene could have unfolded to make the reader understand what happened without triggering readers and survivors with such graphic details. 

Other than the graphic scenes and descriptions, and the lack of trigger warnings, I rather enjoyed this book. It’s difficult to look back on it in a positive light because some of its scenes are so triggering, dark, and contrast the other themes of this novel greatly. 

If you do decide to read this book, I highly suggest reading up on the triggers before hand so you know what you’re getting yourself into. Beware of the halfway mark and Violet’s chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Racism, and War

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

jemfs's review against another edition

painfully cisgender

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racism

tlsoe's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Confinement, Misogyny, Racism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

asexualslut's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Abortion