The Once and Future Witches

hardcover, 517 psl.

English kalba

Publikuota 2020 m. spalio 13 d., Redhook.

ISBN:
978-0-316-42204-8
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In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box.

But when the Eastwood sisters--James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna--join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote-and perhaps not even to live-the sisters will need to delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive.

There's no such thing as witches. But there will be.

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apžvelgė autoriaus Alix E. Harrow knygą The Once and Future Witches

A really great book

5 žvaigždutės

It took me a while to finish this one, not because it's boring, quite the contrary. There is plenty of action, and Harrow makes you care about her characters in such a way that the tension and set-backs are almost too much at times. As in her other novels, she knows how to dig in the themes of loss, anger and reconciliation. Her vivid prose drips metaphors much better than this one, and her use and reinterpretation of fairy tales and children rhymes is really interesting. A fun and terrific book!

apžvelgė autoriaus Alix E. Harrow knygą The Once and Future Witches

A view on current issues through a story on women's suffrage

4 žvaigždutės

Well crafted story and magic and women's rights. What's not to love?

(The rest of the review is super personal; I wonder if it has the same effect on others.) I was angry for and with the characters, not at them. Which was the point of the book, sure. But it was relentless. By the end of book I was exhausted. And I realized that I need that energy for issues in the real world; I need to save my anger energy these days.

apžvelgė autoriaus Alix E. Harrow knygą The Once and Future Witches

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This is not a soft book. This book tugs at the parts of me that survived abusive family, exboyfriends, cancer... That has lost jobs for speaking up against "those jokes".

I adored it. It's about the power women (and yes this book means ALL WOMEN) have when they come together against their oppressor.

I think I need to go read it again...

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Temos

  • Fiction
  • Magic
  • Witches
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Victoria Era

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