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A review by maceyshofroth
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
2.0
I think this book did not live up to its potential. It’s based on a horrifying, maddening true story that is really good raw material for a fictional narrative.
But the form just wasn’t the right choice. I think it was interesting to see August Epp as antithetical to the majority of the men in the colony, but not enough to warrant him as the narrator. His voice was boring to me and didn’t highlight the main conflict of the books as the way it could have.
As stated in a lot of reviews, they basically go over the same three ideas in 200 pages. The dialogue was overly expository and didn’t feel realistic at all.
I think this book would have been so much more powerful it was told from the narrative of one of the women - or hell, even one of the “Do Nothing women” - and let them explore their religious questions. I wanted action. I wanted the women to tell me their story.
But the form just wasn’t the right choice. I think it was interesting to see August Epp as antithetical to the majority of the men in the colony, but not enough to warrant him as the narrator. His voice was boring to me and didn’t highlight the main conflict of the books as the way it could have.
As stated in a lot of reviews, they basically go over the same three ideas in 200 pages. The dialogue was overly expository and didn’t feel realistic at all.
I think this book would have been so much more powerful it was told from the narrative of one of the women - or hell, even one of the “Do Nothing women” - and let them explore their religious questions. I wanted action. I wanted the women to tell me their story.