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A review by booktribe
Weep, woman, weep by Maria DeBlassie
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Weep, Woman, Weep is a novella about Mercy, a girl who’s whole family has been plagued by La Llorona’s curse. After a horrifying encounter with La Llorona, Mercy loses her best friend, and doesn’t come back unscathed herself. Mercy must fight to break this curse and take back her life.
Honestly, I don’t have a lot of thoughts about this novella. It has a very lyrical writing style. It flowed very naturally. I cared about the characters and the romance towards the end. However, I had more bad thoughts about this one than good.
The storytelling style narration was interesting at first, but it skipped around a lot. I thought the story would be benefit from being told in third person instead. And this story was not horror at all. It could’ve been if the scenes with La Llorona were fleshed out more. It’s more of a story about a woman coming into herself and taking control of her life, not a horror. I also got very bored of the story after her first real encounter with La Llorona. It’s like it peaked in that scene and went downhill from there because for most of the time after that, nothing interesting was happening.
Overall, I do think this story could’ve been great if either: A. It was marketed as a “coming of age later in life” story instead of horror or B. If it had actually been horror and really utilized La Llorona’s potential for scares. I thought the message of breaking generational curses and coming into your own was great, it just shouldn’t have been labeled horror.
Thank you to Books Go Social and Netgalley for this arc! All opinions are my own.
TW: drowning; child abuse; colorism; domestic abuse
Honestly, I don’t have a lot of thoughts about this novella. It has a very lyrical writing style. It flowed very naturally. I cared about the characters and the romance towards the end. However, I had more bad thoughts about this one than good.
The storytelling style narration was interesting at first, but it skipped around a lot. I thought the story would be benefit from being told in third person instead. And this story was not horror at all. It could’ve been if the scenes with La Llorona were fleshed out more. It’s more of a story about a woman coming into herself and taking control of her life, not a horror. I also got very bored of the story after her first real encounter with La Llorona. It’s like it peaked in that scene and went downhill from there because for most of the time after that, nothing interesting was happening.
Overall, I do think this story could’ve been great if either: A. It was marketed as a “coming of age later in life” story instead of horror or B. If it had actually been horror and really utilized La Llorona’s potential for scares. I thought the message of breaking generational curses and coming into your own was great, it just shouldn’t have been labeled horror.
Thank you to Books Go Social and Netgalley for this arc! All opinions are my own.
TW: drowning; child abuse; colorism; domestic abuse
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse