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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
dark
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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
slow-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:
Complicated
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
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:
Complicated
Read if you like: girls finding strength, well-researched fiction, magic
I was 21 when I had my first kid. I wasn't as young as the girls in this book, but the person I was with was... not good, and the point of life I was at was... not good. I had a lot of people talking at me about what to do. I had someone in a prominent position mention abortion multiple times.
That baby is about to be 18.
If I had been born a few years back, I likely would have found myself right along with them. We had different situations, and were at different stages in life, but I could still relate to them.
How scared those wayward girls must be, trying to figure out what was best while being so young and scared. Being told what they have to do but never asked what they want to do because the adults knew best. Who wouldn't want to find help?
The girls who needed strength, courage, to help themselves and each other would be perfect for a bit of magic. That grief and fear and powerlessness and youth could feed a coven of magic and weave something powerful.
Fern, Rose, Holly, and Zinnia find that out quickly.
When I finished, I felt for those character, but to really understand you need to remember not too long ago there really was a Fern. Your grandmother may have been a Holly or Zinnia. This fiction wasn't so fiction for many.
I was 21 when I had my first kid. I wasn't as young as the girls in this book, but the person I was with was... not good, and the point of life I was at was... not good. I had a lot of people talking at me about what to do. I had someone in a prominent position mention abortion multiple times.
That baby is about to be 18.
If I had been born a few years back, I likely would have found myself right along with them. We had different situations, and were at different stages in life, but I could still relate to them.
How scared those wayward girls must be, trying to figure out what was best while being so young and scared. Being told what they have to do but never asked what they want to do because the adults knew best. Who wouldn't want to find help?
The girls who needed strength, courage, to help themselves and each other would be perfect for a bit of magic. That grief and fear and powerlessness and youth could feed a coven of magic and weave something powerful.
Fern, Rose, Holly, and Zinnia find that out quickly.
When I finished, I felt for those character, but to really understand you need to remember not too long ago there really was a Fern. Your grandmother may have been a Holly or Zinnia. This fiction wasn't so fiction for many.
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
Loveable characters:
Yes
If our witchy protagonists from The Craft were pregnant teens in 1970, who all met at a home for wayward girls, it would be this book.
If you liked The Craft, you will probably enjoy Witchcraft for Wayward Girls.
There is a little more drama and action in The Craft, and perhaps a more consistent pacing, but otherwise it is a gripping and suspenseful story.
There is a strong message about how we treat girls and women in the burden they are forced to carry for boys and men when it comes to sex and pregnancy.
In a time where we slowly chip away at women's rights, this story is ever more poignant and relevant.
The pacing flatlined for me a bit for some stretches in the middle, but if the time was not taken to expand on these character's and their individual circumstances and struggles the end may not have had the same impact.
For Grady Hendrix fans, this is a no-brainer - read this book!
If you liked The Craft, you will probably enjoy Witchcraft for Wayward Girls.
There is a little more drama and action in The Craft, and perhaps a more consistent pacing, but otherwise it is a gripping and suspenseful story.
There is a strong message about how we treat girls and women in the burden they are forced to carry for boys and men when it comes to sex and pregnancy.
In a time where we slowly chip away at women's rights, this story is ever more poignant and relevant.
The pacing flatlined for me a bit for some stretches in the middle, but if the time was not taken to expand on these character's and their individual circumstances and struggles the end may not have had the same impact.
For Grady Hendrix fans, this is a no-brainer - read this book!
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes