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A Witch in Time by Constance Sayers

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micaela_s's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No

2.5


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dryftveil's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

if it wasn't for the uncomfortable age differences, i could argue for this to be 5 stars because of the cool idea and the way
the different reincarnations of characters
are written and established.

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rocketdea's review against another edition

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Abandono porque no lo soporto más.

Los personajes masculinos son maltratadores, intereses románticos o el amigo gay (con el que solo habla de amoríos además).
Los personajes femeninos son figuras negativas que, o bien son objeto de adulterio y abandono del interés romántico de la protagonista o bien tienen funciones como provocar un aborto satánico.
Las relaciones "románticas" son terriblemente tóxicas y verticales (diferencia de edad, siendo en una ocasión ella menor de edad, diferencias y dependencia económica...).
Por ejemplo, en la primera de las vidas pasadas la protagonista, de 16 años, se enamora y acuesta con un tío mayor que ella. Su madre se entera, hace que el tío abandone a la chica y le practica un aborto con un conjuro satánico que termina con la muerte de la propia madre. Parece que a la autora le parece que la chica aún necesita más traumas, así que hace que la violen dos tipos y luego le orinen encima. Siguiendo con esta misma línea, las cosas empiezan a mejorar pero se acaba enamorando de otro tipo mayor que se casa con otra y la chica se acaba suicidando. La segunda vida no es mucho mejor, pero creo que con la primera ya queda claro.


En fin, que he aguantado hasta la mitad y ya no lo soporto más. Cuanto más escucho, más me cabreo.

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intensej's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

Juliet LaCompte is a 16 year old girl in France who falls in love with Auguste Marchant, a painter. They start a secret relationship while she poses for his paintings. When her mother learns about their relationship, she curses Auguste. However, the curse goes wrong and it binds Juliet to live out a failed relationship with Auguste for each lifetime. The demon that powers Juliet's curse, Luke, has fallen in love with Juliet and must see her make the same mistakes with Auguste each lifetime. Luke has to wait for Juliet to remember their shared past before time runs out. The reader sees the reincarnated Juliet and Auguste live out their tragic love story in Hollywood in the 1930s, Los Angeles and Taos in the 1970s, and Washington, DC. in 2012. Juliet attempts to remove the curse before time runs out.

Sayers does a great job of creating memorable characters and threading the different reincarnations of Juliet together. I thought the ending of the book was satisfying. I enjoyed the way Sayers wrote about music and painting. It reminded me of the way Patrick Rothfuss described music in The Name of the Wind. Fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue will enjoy this book. A Witch in Time would be a good book for a book discussion. 

Content: sexual assault, suicide, abortion 

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hannahrosey's review against another edition

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4.5


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ka_ke's review against another edition

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

2.0

At first, it started strong, Helen’s first two lives are very interesting, but by the third time around, I was bored. I think the book would have benefitted by cutting the third life out entirely. A Witch in Time is also much darker than I was anticipating, so be wary if you’re squeamish or don’t like contemporary violence. 

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bethhreads's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75


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katiedalton's review against another edition

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

2.25

I really really wanted to like this. The start was so strong. Loved the alternating perspectives of Helen and Juliet. Learning about the curse, the witch history. 

It lost me when we went into each of Helen’s past lives in detail. Especially the point where they learn about the curse and in repetitive detail tell the reader what we learned in the first third of the book with Helen and Juliet’s stories. 

The last third of the book picked up the pace but felt weird after the slow repetitive feeling of the middle section. Plus there was some weird out of character actions thrown in with Sandra. That felt very out of place with the rest of the story. 

Pair that with a 3 hour long chapter (I listened to the audiobook) and none of the book flowed. It could’ve been amazing with a great editor or a new eye of “what the fuck is going on? Let’s rework this” 

Also very graphic detailing of rape and sexual assault that I was not prepared for going into this book. That I would argue served no purpose to the overall storyline. 

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renettereads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

“‘All I ever want is time with you.’”

In 2012, Helen is living her fourth life. Not that she knows it, of course. At the beginning of this book we meet her some months after having separated from her husband Roger. When she goes on a blind date with Luke, she starts to remember snippets from a previous life. As it all starts to slot into place, she realises she’s cursed to live through a doomed romance time and time again before dying, and is now at risk of running out of time to finally break the cycle. 

This was such an interesting read for me. It gave me quite an Invisible Life of Addie LaRue vibe in that it was really atmospheric, isolated to a small cast of characters, and journeyed through a stretching timeline. I loved seeing how each iteration of this person was so vastly different and how each of those parts influenced one another. 

The plot isn’t overly complicated and yet it felt like a lot was happening because we were basically catching up on four lifespans. Parts of this book was definitely a little dark, but it usually didn’t last very long and never felt unnecessary. Not when it all outlined struggles women face on the daily and I could appreciate that the author wanted to incorporate some of those heavier topics to create depth of character. Overall, I was gripped by the fresh take on witches and I particularly liked the pecurliarity of the love story. 

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ahnminjim's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • 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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