Weyward is by no means intersectional in its depiction of a multi-generational narrative by three women across the centuries and interrogation of the transformative power of women's interpersonal relationships with each other. This fact could have bogged down the story and may very well for many readers. However, I quite enjoyed the way Hart focuses on the parallels across the Weyward women's lives and their resilience in the face of men who seek to control and subjugate them. There's a certain intrigue that Hart creates as she slowly unfurls the full truth of the lives of Altha and Violet Weyward that just immediately hooked me. It is haunting and poetic and powerful, but I fully understand any readers who are put off by the graphic content or limited, non-intersectional narrative.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Explicit on-page rape (chapter 26), multiple graphic depictions of miscarriage/abortion (TW: blood), etc. (Full list included the content warnings list below.)