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nikkitheninth 's review for:
Motheater
by Linda H. Codega
while this has some beautiful writing and an interesting atmosphere of appalachian/southern folk horror in a litfic story, i was disappointed by this personally.
the pacing was quite slow throughout, which made this a slog to read at times. the main characters of motheater and bennie are quite interesting, but i didn't really buy the romance at the end. bennie was definitely mesmerized by this ethereal witch and we had the benefit of more of her POV, but for me motheater had too much going on to really think about romance and her POV was in the past.
this also read more like litfic with folk horror and fantasy elements rather than a fantasy book. which is fine, but i think litfic readers who are feeling like some fantasy/horror will be more satisfied with this than fantasy readers.
i didn't care for the amount of christian scripture and fusion of religion with magic, just personal taste.
ultimately the most disappointing part was that while i loved the female rage and themes of corporate capitalism destroying the environment and nature fighting back, we don't really get that triumphant victory of nature > capitalism ending that would've been v satisfying.
the pacing was quite slow throughout, which made this a slog to read at times. the main characters of motheater and bennie are quite interesting, but i didn't really buy the romance at the end. bennie was definitely mesmerized by this ethereal witch and we had the benefit of more of her POV, but for me motheater had too much going on to really think about romance and her POV was in the past.
this also read more like litfic with folk horror and fantasy elements rather than a fantasy book. which is fine, but i think litfic readers who are feeling like some fantasy/horror will be more satisfied with this than fantasy readers.
i didn't care for the amount of christian scripture and fusion of religion with magic, just personal taste.
ultimately the most disappointing part was that while i loved the female rage and themes of corporate capitalism destroying the environment and nature fighting back, we don't really get that triumphant victory of nature > capitalism ending that would've been v satisfying.
an honest arc review ♡