The following content warnings will include spoilers for In Her Own Rite.

  • A dead parent (died several years before the book begins; death not shown on-page or described in detail)
  • A serious leg injury with long-term consequences for a secondary character (occurred before the book begins, but briefly mentioned through protagonist’s memory in Chapters 7 and 34)
  • Emotional abuse of protagonist by a parent (takes place prior to to the book beginning, but shown through memories/dream sequence in Chapters 13 and 21)
  • Domestic violence, specifically emotional and physical abuse of one spouse by the other (occurs prior to the book beginning, but shown through dreams/memory in Chapter 13, as well as in rite sequence in Chapter 40)
  • Several references to blood, both in cases of injury and abuse before the book takes place, and in scenes during the book (a minor cooking injury in Chapter 12; rite sequence in Chapter 16; rite sequence in Chapter 40)
  • Use of an herbal hallucinogenic drug for religious purposes (rite sequence Chapters 6-8, 38-42)