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Conjure Women by Afia Atakora

33 reviews

fsprouls's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Violence, Slavery, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Infidelity, and Vomit

maddiebusick's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Beautiful writing and a compelling story with symbolism that doesn't feel forced. Sometimes it felt just a bit slower than I would have liked it to be to build up suspense, but overall a great book. No character is pure good or pure evil, and it gives a bit of insight into what it would be like to live around the time before, during, and after the Civil War on a plantation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Torture

nikkiei's review

emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Hate crime

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

There was something missing from this book. Conjure Woman is one of those books where you know how it’s going to end from the beginning.

You know Rue’s Dad was lynched. You know Rue’s mom dies of a broken heart. You know the plantation is burned down

. These are all things you learn within the first couple chapters of the book. Conjure Woman is the story of HOW we got there. And what comes in. It’s a book that gives you an outline right away, then paints the picture with very intricate colors. I’m not a fan of this style of writing. Some parts are written in AAVE as well, which made it a little hard for me to understand at first, but after the first couple chapters with some solid AAVE, I got it :) Overall, it was a good book... but disappointing.