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charlietuna92 's review for:
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Grady Hendrix
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Hendrix, a cis-het, white, man writes a book about young pregnant women in a “maternity home” in the south, that along the way deals with issues such as racism and segregation, rape, religion, motherhood, the stigma against “unwed mothers”, and misogyny. And yet, he does it so well.
Hendrix has a history of writing from the perspective of a woman, so I was hopeful going into this book that he would once again do it extremely well. And he did.
This book was not only about witchcraft, a group of young women, and the society that hid them away in houses so that no one had to be “uncomfortable” about their “condition.” This book became a war cry against letting anyone control your life.
My one issue with the book is that I felt like there wasn’t much witchcraft for a book whose title contains the word. But overall, I really enjoyed it.
Hendrix has a history of writing from the perspective of a woman, so I was hopeful going into this book that he would once again do it extremely well. And he did.
This book was not only about witchcraft, a group of young women, and the society that hid them away in houses so that no one had to be “uncomfortable” about their “condition.” This book became a war cry against letting anyone control your life.
My one issue with the book is that I felt like there wasn’t much witchcraft for a book whose title contains the word. But overall, I really enjoyed it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Pregnancy
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry