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A review by lenny9987
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
4.25
A while back, I read Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic. While I found it a little underwhelming, I liked it enough to want to read more of her work. When I read the description for her new novel, The Bewitching, it captured my attention and has turned out to be a better fit to my tastes. Exploring mysterious disappearances and sinister forces that echo through time, The Bewitching beautifully interweaves a trio of narratives that drive one another forward. Though there isn’t a lot of surprise as far as whose malice drives the action, there is plenty of delicious suspense and twists along the way to inescapable confrontation.
In 1998, Minerva is working on her thesis project at a university near Salem, Massachusetts. Fascinated by horror fiction, she is determined to make Beatrice Tremblay, the author of her favorite novel the focus of her project. Working as a resident director for the handful of students left on campus over the summer, Minerva learns that not only was Beatrice’s novel inspired by true events, but the woman left behind a manuscript of her recollections of the friend’s disappearance that was at the heart of it all. The manuscript is in the care of another friend of Beatrice and the missing girl. The wealthy and eccentric Carolyn Yates actually married the missing Virginia’s fiancé after her disappearance was determined to likely be the result of an elopement with another man. As Minerva begins to study the manuscript and look into Virginia’s disappearance, lessons her Nana Alba used to tell her about witches and curses come to mind. Sinister forces similar to those Nana Alba once faced appear to be at work around Minerva. Will she have the wherewithal it takes to confront them the way Nana Alba once did?
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In 1998, Minerva is working on her thesis project at a university near Salem, Massachusetts. Fascinated by horror fiction, she is determined to make Beatrice Tremblay, the author of her favorite novel the focus of her project. Working as a resident director for the handful of students left on campus over the summer, Minerva learns that not only was Beatrice’s novel inspired by true events, but the woman left behind a manuscript of her recollections of the friend’s disappearance that was at the heart of it all. The manuscript is in the care of another friend of Beatrice and the missing girl. The wealthy and eccentric Carolyn Yates actually married the missing Virginia’s fiancé after her disappearance was determined to likely be the result of an elopement with another man. As Minerva begins to study the manuscript and look into Virginia’s disappearance, lessons her Nana Alba used to tell her about witches and curses come to mind. Sinister forces similar to those Nana Alba once faced appear to be at work around Minerva. Will she have the wherewithal it takes to confront them the way Nana Alba once did?
For the rest of my review, please visit my blog: https://wp.me/pUEx4-1q3