Reviews with content warning for Violence - Outlawed

Reviews tagging 'Violence'

kuptsynova's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

I set out for an adventure and got so much more. With less adventure and much slower pace than expected.
Female identity, queerness, mental health, and belonging are prominent in this saga set in the world full of violence, racism, homophobia and misogyny.
The characters are diverse and different, each with their own complex background.

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melt27's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Loved the approaches to gender & reproductive justice & racism. Seamlessly woven into a strong, well told narrative that will stick with me

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suzyvee's review against another edition

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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

3.0

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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giannab377's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It gives off white feminism and savior complexes, but the story itself was interesting to follow

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lexcellent's review against another edition

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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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kelleyag's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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directorpurry's review

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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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noragoudie's review against another edition

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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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hannahpings's review

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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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