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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Enchanting, arresting, spellbinding -- everything I've come to expect from Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Incest, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence
Minus a slightly slow pace to start, this book was so good. I loved the how the women were intertwined. I loved how it ended. Highly recommend.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
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:
Yes
slow-paced
This was a sort of miss for me. I felt like the additional timelines/POV were unnecessary. There was too much and somehow not enough going on? I think I would have enjoyed the story more if it only centered around Alba's storyline it was the most interesting for me. Story took too long to take off for me and overall the book was too long for me
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
mysterious
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
Minerva, Betty, Ginny, Alba. Four women in three separate generations, connected by a black thread of witchcraft. Think dark magick, folklore, generational trauma. Unfortunately I just didn't find it all that exciting. I'm a very character-driven reader in that often they are what makes or breaks a book for me. I can excuse a lot if I like the characters or are at least interested in them. Unfortunately I thought 1998's Minerva was somewhat dull. Betty's story of 1934, told through her manuscript, didn't paint a very clear portrait of her as a person, focusing instead on Ginny and her disappearance. As a result, Ginny is much more fleshed out than Betty. Alba is probably the most interesting of the four, not that that's saying much. And that's mostly because the historical 1908 rural Mexico setting was intriguing. By the 75% mark I realized I was just reading to get through it. I wasn't all that invested in the ending, although it did all tie together neatly. It's definitely not a bad book. I didn't connect with it, but that won't stop me from reading more of Moreno-Garcia's work.