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religiouslygaia's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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pich's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

while the book itself was written in a style i found myself enjoying (for the most part), the overall plot felt unfocused. perhaps if it was a little bit longer with a little more detail, i would’ve liked it better

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savvylit's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

I knew a woman's life could at any point be turned into a crime scene. I had yet to understand that I was already living inside the crime scene, that the crime scene was not the bed but the body, that the crime had already taken place."

Strega is an incredibly dreamy story teeming with unreliable narration and ambiguity. Every event in this novel keeps the reader at a distance and is never fully explained. As Rafaela spends more time with the others, her first person perspective dissolves more and more. Eventually, all of the narration comes from a passive & collective point of view. Describing events, Rafaela introduces them as happening to the girls as if they have no say in their circumstances. For instance, many of her descriptions begin with "it happened that" or with vague, collective desires such as "one wanted to turn away but couldn't."

Ultimately, Strega is an atmospheric and fevered exploration of power and agency as it is kept from young women.

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