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A review by nrskelley
The Famine Witch by Stephen Black
3.0
The famine which is a historical fantasy book set during the Irish potato famine in 1847. Maggie and her brother Jinx are slowly starving along with the rest of Belfast before they are swept into an unbelievable world of witches and demons.
I found the book to be a good solid read. My heart broke for Maggie and her brother just trying to survive. There are quite a few TW for this book which the author lists in appendix B:
Grave desecration
Death by execution
Extreme poverty/starvation
Gore
Implied infant death
Violence toward women
Misogyny
I honestly don’t think you could have a book set in this time period without those things but if they trigger you best to avoid this book. Otherwise give this book a chance. The only reason I’ll give it a 3 vs a 4 is because there seemed to be a lot of repetition in explaining things which drives me bonkers.
I found the book to be a good solid read. My heart broke for Maggie and her brother just trying to survive. There are quite a few TW for this book which the author lists in appendix B:
Grave desecration
Death by execution
Extreme poverty/starvation
Gore
Implied infant death
Violence toward women
Misogyny
I honestly don’t think you could have a book set in this time period without those things but if they trigger you best to avoid this book. Otherwise give this book a chance. The only reason I’ll give it a 3 vs a 4 is because there seemed to be a lot of repetition in explaining things which drives me bonkers.