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A review by holdenwunders_
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk
4.0
This book is slllowwwww and not as deep in the horror aspects as I would’ve liked but it didn’t take away from the experience at all.
There were times when I was getting annoyed at the misogynistic points of view and wanted some sort of comeuppance and I’m not sure knowing that they were all points of view taken from literary greats made this aspect better or worse. But it did what it was meant to do.
I loved the twist about Mieczys and it made the entire book worth it. It really picked up at the 70% ish mark but that’s not to say the rest before wasn’t good. It was. I just wanted a tiny bit more horror and unease. I can see why people love Olga Tokarczuk now though and I will definitely be reading her other works.
There were times when I was getting annoyed at the misogynistic points of view and wanted some sort of comeuppance and I’m not sure knowing that they were all points of view taken from literary greats made this aspect better or worse. But it did what it was meant to do.
I loved the twist about Mieczys and it made the entire book worth it. It really picked up at the 70% ish mark but that’s not to say the rest before wasn’t good. It was. I just wanted a tiny bit more horror and unease. I can see why people love Olga Tokarczuk now though and I will definitely be reading her other works.