A review by daneroberts
Women Talking by Miriam Toews

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Wow wow that ending was phenomenal. Honestly the whole thing was great. I wasn’t that confident going into this book regarding my own background knowledge of Mennonite culture and communities but the book doesn’t have a learning curve at all. It was a very well-paced book, probably one of the easiest flows i’ve ever read in a novel. Miriam Toews does a fantastic job at placing you among these women talking and struggling to find an answer for their decisions. That narrator voice is an unexpected amazing choice and the poetry so easily finds its place amongst the scenes. Really well done I can’t wait to read more from her, and the movie has a lot to live up to!