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Yo, Tituba, la bruja negra de Salem

Maryse Condé

4.03 AVERAGE

peachaan's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

marielystrata's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

despuesdeleer's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging inspiring 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: Complicated

juntakinte1968's review against another edition

3.0

The premise does a great deal of the heavy lifting here. Conde is right: this moment of American history (and literature) needs to be decontextualized to show its impact in regards to race, slavery, and gender. And at times she does a wonderful job, especially as she makes Tituba not merely a dark skinned white person, but someone whose African lineage made the witch trials that much more traumatic.

But too many things get in the way. She's obsessed with doing a quasi fanfiction/Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead scenario by having the lead report on events from The Crucible (and, oddly, The Scarlett Letter). The hero is far too passive (and at times a detriment to the feminist angle of the story). The love scenes were admittedly too off-putting for a prude like myself. And the ending is just bad.

Still, she writes with a strong voice. Additionally, I could see this being a great companion piece for those reading Arthur Miller's play, Hawthorne's book, or the real life trails of the time. Marginal recommendation.

enmodelecture's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative tense

J’ai enfin lu: Moi, Tituba sorcière…

Un livre à lire une fois dans sa vie. 📖

Il s’agit d’une fiction littéraire inspirée de la vie de Tituba: l’une des accusées du procès de Salem se déroulant en 16**.

Un livre emprunt de féminisme, de la violence du racisme au travers de cette époque et par conséquent de l’esclavagisme.
Mais aussi: des femmes, de leurs désirs et conditions.
Du puritanisme extrême et des conséquences mais aussi du procès de Salem. Une part d’histoire qui m’a, personnellement, toujours fasciné.

Un livre poignant soulevant des sujets qui sont, au final: bien actuels et cela même, après des siècles.