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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Unlike anything I’ve read before. I made me so angry and sad and it wasn’t the ending I wanted but it was the right ending.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
If a book makes me shed at least 1 tear I give it 5 stars. Grady Hendrix strikes again, somehow managing to describe the female experience in a manner most male authors could only dream of achieving.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Horrible to read how unwed pregnant girls were viewed and treated in the 1960s. First of all, the shame is all on them - what about the boys and men who impregnated them? And many of them were either forced or were naive when fooling around with boyfriends. The first half of this story got me so angry especially as many of the attitudes have not changed. Then the story shifted and a mysterious librarian came into the picture and ultimately turned out to be a witch. She lured some of the girls at this home for wayward girls into believing they could have power - but at what cost? Now it got pretty gruesome throughout the second half. Not just the witch stuff but also the very explicit detail describing childbirth (both the cruel approach towards unwed mothers in the hospital and a difficult at home birth).
Long story short - clearly the witch aspect was a metaphor for women taking charge of their lives.
I listened to the audiobook and had to skip through the lengthy bits of screaming and moaning - both during witch spells and the childbirth scenes. it got pretty tedious.
Finally, the main character realized all these people who treated her badly were not really cruel - they were scared of her power. Which is actually the driving force behind much of the awful treatment of women over the millennia.
Long story short - clearly the witch aspect was a metaphor for women taking charge of their lives.
I listened to the audiobook and had to skip through the lengthy bits of screaming and moaning - both during witch spells and the childbirth scenes. it got pretty tedious.
Finally, the main character realized all these people who treated her badly were not really cruel - they were scared of her power. Which is actually the driving force behind much of the awful treatment of women over the millennia.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
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:
No