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The Change by Kirsten Miller

138 reviews

clarer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

You don’t have to be a woman of a certain age to read and enjoy The Change, but it will certainly help! It really left me wishing I had some form of power manifesting along with my hot flushes and my (sometimes!) irrational bouts of anger. 

The main characters in The Change, Nessa, Harriet and Jo, all start to manifest unusual powers as they hit perimenopause. Harriet grows plants, particularly useful ones; Jo becomes extremely strong; Nessa sees the dead. 

These women are set to put the backs up of the rich and powerful men of Mattauk, and seek revenge on behalf of the ghosts of the dead women who suffered at their hands. 

The Change has some seriously feminist vibes - these women are fed up of being talked down to and objectified and it seems nature is out to give them a helping hand. I have to admit to being more than a little jealous! 

I was utterly hooked, and really didn’t want to put this book down - I knew something even more exciting/ traumatising/ mind blowing was just over the next page! 

Part of me would love a follow up to this, but I also rather like the fact that I’m left wondering what on earth could happen next! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder

meg_in_progress's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Trafficking

trippalli's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The vengeance of strong women in this book take a magical turn as they uncover the murders of teen girls and uncover a web of evil abuse in their town they are seeking answers to and devising how to intervene and prevent further murders

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

brujakatt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

juanat77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

prose_and_peonies's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

This book was a bit much for me. It is very heavy, even the parts we are supposed to cheer for. I think I was supposed to be happy at how the ending turned out, but I wasn’t. While this one localized issue was resolved, what about the rest of the world? 

I also had some questions that were unanswered. If other women like the three main characters exist and have existed for generations, how isn’t there a larger network of them?  

After certain characters were introduced I knew fairly quickly they’d end up being the bad folks, but I didn’t know how. I almost DNF this audiobook several times but I did ultimately want to know how it ended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

zinelib's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

I'm always looking for books about people going through perimenopause, and I like witches as well as the next guy, so The Change seemed like a winner. I enjoyed the vengeance demon of it all, but in general the novel has a binary, gender essentialist energy that I found troubling. Miller is a Barnard alum. I wonder if I can get any intel...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

mandtastic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I loved this book. Thriller, mystery, feminine power all wrapped in to one supernatural story. The characters are strong and venerable all at once and the plot is somewhat predictable but still very good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Murder

jessife's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.0

True crime style but with a mix of middle aged women with superpowers - will make you feel angry and empowered at the same time 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide, Violence, and Kidnapping

shes_mack's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I need a sequel. Or more chapters/POV’s getting to know everyone better. This book is cathartic & itched a scratch I didn’t know I had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Murder