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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I should've stopped reading but I loved the author's other book so thought I should finish it in case it grew on me. It didn't. I just didn't care about the characters and it was so slow.
I also had to skip pastthe birth scene because it made me feel queasy, but that might just be me.
I also had to skip past
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very long audiobook and moves very slowly.
What beautiful writing! What a compelling story! I really enjoyed this tale and how it wove so many modern issues (timeless ones, sadly) into this gripping story of three sisters who have been estranged for seven years and who suddenly find themselves thrown together again. The power of three is strong with these siblings in many more ways than one. But it's also a much larger story - one of women and our resolve and how many of us simply won't settle for what's merely expected of us. Brava to the author. A story that's kept me thinking long after I turned the last page.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
tense
fast-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
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Charming, witchy read! I loved The Ten Thousand Doors of January, so I was absolutely psyched when I heard this book was coming out. Witches? Suffragettes? Hell yeah. Alix E. Harrow is so good at threading strands of magic into real history. Everything was incredibly well-researched, and it shows. The world-building was just on-point throughout the whole novel. Though the story centers around three (white) sisters, you can see how Harrow tried to incorporate a multiplicity of voices and perspectives in her Sisters of Avalon movement (if she's successful in this... I can't really say, but the sentiment was at least there). My main concern picking up a book about the suffrage movement was that it would be overwhelmingly white and hetero, and I was pleasantly surprised when it was not.
As much as I loved the premise of this novel... I must be honest, something about it fell kind of flat for me. I never had that feeling where I just couldn't put the book down because I just NEEDED to know what happened next, which is kind of disappointing. I can't exactly put my finger on why, either. Perhaps the book was simply too long and meandering, or the characters were a little too archetypal to resonate with me, or my expectations were just too high based on Harrow's last novel, but for whatever reason, I found myself sporadically losing interest, briefly finding it again, only to lose it all over again.
Still glad I gave this one a read, despite it not quite living up to my expectations. I had a pleasant time embodying this magic universe, and my desire to embrace witchcraft is at an all-time high.
As much as I loved the premise of this novel... I must be honest, something about it fell kind of flat for me. I never had that feeling where I just couldn't put the book down because I just NEEDED to know what happened next, which is kind of disappointing. I can't exactly put my finger on why, either. Perhaps the book was simply too long and meandering, or the characters were a little too archetypal to resonate with me, or my expectations were just too high based on Harrow's last novel, but for whatever reason, I found myself sporadically losing interest, briefly finding it again, only to lose it all over again.
Still glad I gave this one a read, despite it not quite living up to my expectations. I had a pleasant time embodying this magic universe, and my desire to embrace witchcraft is at an all-time high.
It took me awhile to get through this book, not that I didn’t enjoy it. I was reading other books that had a book club deadline. Also, this book is long - over 500 pages - and some of it kind of dragged for me.
I liked how the author used contemporary issues for her 19th century witches. I liked the three sisters and the fact that they were each fully formed characters that were easily identifiable, once you got in the flow of the story. The use of nursery rhymes as spells was pretty awesome.
I liked how the author used contemporary issues for her 19th century witches. I liked the three sisters and the fact that they were each fully formed characters that were easily identifiable, once you got in the flow of the story. The use of nursery rhymes as spells was pretty awesome.
From the Publisher:
In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in Alix E. Harrow's powerful novel of magic and the suffragette movement. Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR Books • Barnes and Noble • BookPage In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters―James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna―join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement.
In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in Alix E. Harrow's powerful novel of magic and the suffragette movement. Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR Books • Barnes and Noble • BookPage In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters―James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna―join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement.