1.45k reviews for:

Hex

Jenni Fagan

3.87 AVERAGE

w_hitenoise's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

rimmstein's review against another edition

2.0

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This was too “at your face” and lacked subtlety. Also could be half the length.
Amazing idea and a disappointing execution.

inga_lara's review against another edition

4.0

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Skoskar skáldkonur hafa verið fengnar til að skrifa söguleg verk tengd skoskri kvennasögu. Þessi bók er ein þeirra og segir sögu Geillis Duncan 15 ára gamallar "nornar", sem tekin var af lífi árið 1591 þegar galdrafárið gekk yfir. Sviðsett er samtal nútíma konu og Geillisar með áherslu á stöðu konunnar og hlutskipti Geillisar.

tummidge's review against another edition

4.0

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An appropriate, if not more literal, October read about a girl practicing witchcraft in the modern age being transported via the ether to visit Geillis Duncan, who was accused and convicted of witchcraft in 1591 before being hanged.

Iris comes to her on the day of her execution and seeks the truth behind what happened to Geillis and sadly informs her how things have changed little 430 years on.

This is a short book, but there are signs of what would come to constitute a decent crime story within the account of what happened to Geillis happening hundreds of years before it become a bestselling genre and there is a tragedy to how things have evolved so slowly over centuries in terms of equality where even now we still live in a society that blames victims and casts them down.

If this and [b:Rizzio|57147033|Rizzio|Denise Mina|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1613919449l/57147033._SX50_.jpg|89440688] are anything to go by then this series should prove illuminating in how informative the past is to the world we still live in today.

uhoholen's review against another edition

5.0

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This. Fucking. Book. Put me through a whirlwind of emotions and had me torn between wanting to shelter Geillis and undo everything the world did to her at the same time of being ready, torch in hand to burn it all down right there with her. Powerful and so so moving.

curiouskettle's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-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

tele_vengelism's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

sevireads's review against another edition

5.0

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Geillis looks utterly tiny as she steps up onto the platform next to the gallows. They have to lift her up under her armpits to place her head in the noose, the way her father would so she could pick apples off the trees as a child.

Heart-wrenchingly beautiful, and profoundly sad.

myfi's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

yakimaverlinde's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No