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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Witches, past, isolated population, a priest and Sweden. Sounds like fun!
Unfortunately I found this book hard to follow and very slow. The story is confusing, because we are given only glimpses into the life of two sisters. It´s like watching polaroid snapshots from somebody's life, you see a person as a child, as a teenager, as a young woman, grown woman , her wedding, her first child and then her own burial, but everything that had happened in between we must guess. In this book it´s similar. Various scenes without clear connection, lots of omission, unspoken and unshown things that have happened and we readers are expected to know is too much for me.
Unfortunately I found this book hard to follow and very slow. The story is confusing, because we are given only glimpses into the life of two sisters. It´s like watching polaroid snapshots from somebody's life, you see a person as a child, as a teenager, as a young woman, grown woman , her wedding, her first child and then her own burial, but everything that had happened in between we must guess. In this book it´s similar. Various scenes without clear connection, lots of omission, unspoken and unshown things that have happened and we readers are expected to know is too much for me.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF at 13%
I unfortunately found myself not excited to pick this up. I don't know if it's because I've recently finished a couple different novels set on small remote islands in northern Europe (Clear by Carys Davies and Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor), but the slow pacing and similarities in settings didn't offer me anything new or exciting. Maybe I'll come back to this one in the future, but it just didn't start out giving what I hoped it would give.
Thank you to NetGalley and Grove Atlantic Press for advanced reader access. If the synopsis of this book sounds interesting to you, it published on May 14, 2024.
I unfortunately found myself not excited to pick this up. I don't know if it's because I've recently finished a couple different novels set on small remote islands in northern Europe (Clear by Carys Davies and Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor), but the slow pacing and similarities in settings didn't offer me anything new or exciting. Maybe I'll come back to this one in the future, but it just didn't start out giving what I hoped it would give.
Thank you to NetGalley and Grove Atlantic Press for advanced reader access. If the synopsis of this book sounds interesting to you, it published on May 14, 2024.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced