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The Glass Woman
by Caroline Lea
Sometimes you just want some books to turn out to be a 5 star reads. Not only because you havent had that kind of a read for a while, but also because your booksta soulmate thinks it was worth that much. Unfortunately, this didnt happen to me with this book.⠀
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All the premises were promising - historical fiction situated in Iceland in 17th century. Cold, mysterious and rough. And it is, all of the above. If you add witchcraft, icelandic mythology and position of women in the society of that time, you can get the whole feeling of this book. It is gripping, its brutal, and at moments it makes you feel breathless and angry. Angry at the whole women must obey their man philosophy of that time. Angry at no right for them to speak up, to fight for their rights and their wishes..angry at neglegance concerning most of the women. ⠀
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The first half of the book was slow. A bit too slow for me. It does serve its purpose to get you in the mood, but it just goes too long without anything actually happening. The second part was better, when you can see that all is not black and white, and that all the characters have a lot of history that made them the kind of people they ended up to be. It does have the atmospheric setting and the spooky vibe of Silent Companions, but I just needed more from this book. Or maybe just my expectations were a bit too high. ⠀
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All the premises were promising - historical fiction situated in Iceland in 17th century. Cold, mysterious and rough. And it is, all of the above. If you add witchcraft, icelandic mythology and position of women in the society of that time, you can get the whole feeling of this book. It is gripping, its brutal, and at moments it makes you feel breathless and angry. Angry at the whole women must obey their man philosophy of that time. Angry at no right for them to speak up, to fight for their rights and their wishes..angry at neglegance concerning most of the women. ⠀
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The first half of the book was slow. A bit too slow for me. It does serve its purpose to get you in the mood, but it just goes too long without anything actually happening. The second part was better, when you can see that all is not black and white, and that all the characters have a lot of history that made them the kind of people they ended up to be. It does have the atmospheric setting and the spooky vibe of Silent Companions, but I just needed more from this book. Or maybe just my expectations were a bit too high. ⠀
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