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Hex

Jenni Fagan

3.87 AVERAGE

fannisoderstrom's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective fast-paced

autumn_1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

oberlausitzerhexe's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lscan222's review against another edition

2.0

dark sad tense slow-paced

elliemcbelly's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

moonymariam's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

mollymadworld's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad tense slow-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

A little heavy handed at moments, but definitely packs a punch

crisc_bookmarks's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

My rating is mainly due to the audiobook not the theme of the book. I have struggled to get an immersive experience listening to this audiobook. As there was a lot of dialogue between the two characters - Iris and Geillis - with almost no narrative breaks, it was really hard at times to understand who was talking. I think this types of books would benefit from two distinct voices to help differentiate two characters talking to each other. It felt a lot like a theatre play, in the way that there was so much dialogue and exchanges rather than descriptive passages.

Apart from this, the story is about the horrors of the witch trials and the lengths the men would go to have a confession. It's bleak, sad, and at times hard to accept, it's a great account of historical events.

I didn't enjoy the audiobook, but I might try to read the book in the future to see whether I liked it or not.

crescentmoonwitchvibes's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious 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: No

Content Warnings

anna_banana99's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 54%

It got on my nerves

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