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A review by lolocole
Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Girl did her research and wanted you to know it. Could I explain to you the political and social web that built this story? No. But I certainly read it.
This was very much historical fiction with a dash of magical realism. The witches?!? Fascinating!!
I love the gothic romance of the faerie child and the dragon usurping the king hereafter. (What a sublime sentence).
The writing style felt like it kept me at arms length sometimes, so it was hard to get into. But once I did, it was so intriguing.
Favorite quotes:
“Has she been transformed? Or merely revealed?” (119).
“… her mind its own tyrant, making her body betray itself, to lust for pain instead of pleasure” (169).
“‘You will haunt me, too’ she says at last. ‘We can never be truly apart then, if we are each other’s ghosts’” (216).
“And she will be safe in her cloak and her blood-colored necklace and her blindfold, which she must now wear always in the company of men” (259).
This book really was giving Catherine in “The Great” vibes. See also: Kaikeyi vibes and also The Wrath and the Dawn and the song “all you wanna do” from Six, and the writing style felt similar to Outlander.
This was very much historical fiction with a dash of magical realism. The witches?!? Fascinating!!
I love the gothic romance of the faerie child and the dragon usurping the king hereafter. (What a sublime sentence).
The writing style felt like it kept me at arms length sometimes, so it was hard to get into. But once I did, it was so intriguing.
Favorite quotes:
“Has she been transformed? Or merely revealed?” (119).
“… her mind its own tyrant, making her body betray itself, to lust for pain instead of pleasure” (169).
“‘You will haunt me, too’ she says at last. ‘We can never be truly apart then, if we are each other’s ghosts’” (216).
“And she will be safe in her cloak and her blood-colored necklace and her blindfold, which she must now wear always in the company of men” (259).
This book really was giving Catherine in “The Great” vibes. See also: Kaikeyi vibes and also The Wrath and the Dawn and the song “all you wanna do” from Six, and the writing style felt similar to Outlander.