A review by kristineisreading
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.0

Minerva, Betty, Ginny, Alba. Four women in three separate generations, connected by a black thread of witchcraft. Think dark magick, folklore, generational trauma. Unfortunately I just didn't find it all that exciting. I'm a very character-driven reader in that often they are what makes or breaks a book for me. I can excuse a lot if I like the characters or are at least interested in them. Unfortunately I thought 1998's Minerva was somewhat dull. Betty's story of 1934, told through her manuscript, didn't paint a very clear portrait of her as a person, focusing instead on Ginny and her disappearance. As a result, Ginny is much more fleshed out than Betty. Alba is probably the most interesting of the four, not that that's saying much. And that's mostly because the historical 1908 rural Mexico setting was intriguing. By the 75% mark I realized I was just reading to get through it. I wasn't all that invested in the ending, although it did all tie together neatly. It's definitely not a bad book. I didn't connect with it, but that won't stop me from reading more of Moreno-Garcia's work.