Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Outlawed by Anna North

59 reviews

suzyvee's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.25

I mostly enjoyed this story as an idea, which follows Ada a young woman who cannot get pregnant with her husband after a year of being married. She is a midwife apprentice, learning from her mother. She is accused of being a witch and putting a curse on other women in her town, making them barren. She leaves her home before they can put her to death and ultimately ends up joining a group of women outlaws who were thrown out of their homes by husbands for not producing a child. It’s a (white) feminist twist on a Wild West story. 

I agree that parts of this could’ve been better written, and maybe that’s why I had a hard time rating it. 

CW: infertility, misogyny, violence, miscarriage, death, guns & gunshots, suicide

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

futuredocmartin's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

lexcellent's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

directorpurry's review

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Confinement and Miscarriage

noragoudie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a really interesting book, unlike anything I’ve read prior. I appreciated reading a western that centered around strong female characters, and I found many aspects of this book interesting and compelling. However, I think execution could have been better and there were iffy aspects about the core messages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, and Abortion

Minor: Rape

louiseelizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective fast-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

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Incest, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse

hannahpings's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

maybe the most disappointed in a book i've been in a long time. queerness is made both accessory and token, and the story north is trying to tell in no way justifies the alternate history she's created for it. absolutely wild to me that you can set out to purport that biological essentialism is bad (but perhaps i'm giving her too much credit?) and then come up with a book that is... very much supportive of biological essentialism. even aside from my own icky feelings about outlawed as a queer person, so much of what north has done here feels like craft malpractice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Abortion and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

acemummerz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

hellokatya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense 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

5.0

i absolutely adored this book. a beautifully written and developed story of love, loss, friendship, and family. please please read this book. definitely one i’ll be recommending to anyone who will listen.
bring some tissue though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and War

sshabein's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

I wouldn't say I'm generally a "Western" fan, but if you involve women, especially queer women, I'm going to pay attention. Though the protagonist is a straight white woman, she at least has the good sense to pay attention to those around her who are different, and her naiveté becomes more a thing of the past. Set in a somewhat alternate western U.S., much parallels our present day struggles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, and Misogyny

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail