Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

4 reviews

flyingryndeer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, and War

ka_ke's review against another edition

I don’t mind slow pacing, but I can’t stand reading about pregnancy for chapters on end. I would recommend avoiding this book if you have no desire to experience pregnancy, childbirth or parenthood. 

What could have been a story of adventure, romance and diversity  turned into a book about women becoming mothers simply because that was expected of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Blood, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcohol

queenofthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

A cool walk through Norse mythology but stumbles into a lot problematic things that are probably native to the mythology but still disquieting. Not the best writing and their relationship has (likely intentionally) an unaddressed undercurrent of gaslighting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Transphobia, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Pregnancy