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A review by aaylajanelle
Babayaga: A Novel of Witches in Paris by Toby Barlow
2.0
For several months now, I have been on a magic-kick. I've been in a huge reading slump but my artwork has been really inspired by witches, so I thought this book might help me get back in it. I was wrong.
First of all, while two of the main characters are technically witches of some sort, there is very little magic in the story. This is much more an extremely bizarre and twisted mystery, murder, and... love ?
My complaints about this book are many: it's overly convoluted, humorless, cynical, and dark. Furthermore, I simply found that it did not hold my attention; every time I picked it up, I felt the desire to go do something else. I didn't really care for any of the characters, and while the writing itself was good enough, at times it dragged to the point of forcing me to skim. Finally, I am personally not a fan of poetry or lyrics in books, so the interspersed witches songs were aggravating.
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone unless I knew it would be right up their alley.
First of all, while two of the main characters are technically witches of some sort, there is very little magic in the story. This is much more an extremely bizarre and twisted mystery, murder, and... love ?
My complaints about this book are many: it's overly convoluted, humorless, cynical, and dark. Furthermore, I simply found that it did not hold my attention; every time I picked it up, I felt the desire to go do something else. I didn't really care for any of the characters, and while the writing itself was good enough, at times it dragged to the point of forcing me to skim. Finally, I am personally not a fan of poetry or lyrics in books, so the interspersed witches songs were aggravating.
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone unless I knew it would be right up their alley.