Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson

6 reviews

megelizabeth's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

"She was not a witch, just a desiring dreamer wanting more from her life."

This was such a fascinating read. I learnt so much about several elements of history I previously knew little or nothing about. The writing style is really engaging and it's clear that meticulous research went into this - the attention to historical detail is just incredible. The author does such good job of covering a long, complex history in a way that is both broad and overarching and at the same time deeply personal.

The only reason I didn't rate this higher is that the chapter on Montie Summers felt really out-of-place to me - it would've been more fitting for him to have been mentioned elsewhere and his chapter then used to tell someone else's story. However, this was still such a good book overall and definitely one I'm glad I read and learnt so much from!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Death, Torture, Murder, Racism, Rape, and Confinement

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Abortion

Minor: Homophobia

breadbummer's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Very interesting, very informative. As with any audiobook, it can kind of up in the air regarding how the narrator adds or subtracts from the story being told and, while it was given a distinguished and serious tone, the reading itself was a bit dry. Worth reading overall, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Death, Cultural appropriation, Murder, Animal death, Torture, and Child abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Sexual assault, War, Violence, Slavery, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion and Cannibalism

arinheck's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gore and Torture

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Animal cruelty, Ableism, Animal death, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racism, and Antisemitism

erynlasbelin's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Miscarriage, Classism, Death, Murder, Rape, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Body horror, Sexism, Antisemitism, Bullying, Colonisation, Misogyny, Torture, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

victoria_catherine_shaw's review

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Murder, and Misogyny

shelfofunread's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

Minor: Colonisation and Slavery