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A review by thecozyarchivist
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Read this for my book club, and I hate to say it but if it wasn’t for said book club, I would have DNFed. I wasn’t a big fan of the story jumping around back and forth between Rue’s childhood and adulthood. I get that it was meant to build anticipation but it just caused confusion. I found myself just not really paying attention and often getting lost as to what part of the story we were at.
This book also has so much black pain as its focus, and I was really just waiting for these characters to get some kind of reprieve. I read books with heavy topics all the time, but there was no balance here, just pain on top of pain for every character. Like when you think things can’t get worse, they get worse. 😕
This book also has so much black pain as its focus, and I was really just waiting for these characters to get some kind of reprieve. I read books with heavy topics all the time, but there was no balance here, just pain on top of pain for every character. Like when you think things can’t get worse, they get worse. 😕
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child death
Moderate: Rape