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stayshomeandreads's review against another edition
4.0
LOVED the format/framing device where all of the stories led into one another.
danajoy's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny
Moderate: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Infertility, Cannibalism, and Death of parent
milliemary's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
lovegriefandgender's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
curiousnoel's review against another edition
5.0
Wow wow WOW this book. Beautiful, shocking, dream-like, powerful. Donoghue's prose is mesmerizing. A book like this is a rare find, and I'm so glad I found it.
polyhy_14's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
loquitacass's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ruthlessly's review against another edition
4.0
I really loved this!!! I loved how each story started, I loved the reinvention, I loved that it was all focusing around similar themes but felt different and fresh with every story. I also just really liked the prose. It was SUPER.
varshiniramaraj's review against another edition
3.0
I found this book interesting, but the thread that connected one story for the next kept bothering me a lot. It felt like a recursive loop where I was supposed to keep track of a witch of one story also being a nice person from another story and connect everything like a tree of sorts.
But, I really liked the stories in themselves, where the witches aren't automatically bad people, the characters aren't default straight or white, and that they were written so well that I couldn't discern which fairy tale it was from, but presumed it to be its own.
But, I really liked the stories in themselves, where the witches aren't automatically bad people, the characters aren't default straight or white, and that they were written so well that I couldn't discern which fairy tale it was from, but presumed it to be its own.