pick🧙♀️𝓑𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 📖
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝗪𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐝𝐞 by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐫 is richly atmospheric & terrifyingly realistic. Inspired by 17th century witch hunts, this searing historical fiction eerily parallels contemporary issues -- paranoia, misogyny, feminine power, gossip, mob mentality, & revenge. A complexly ambiguous mute woman questions her beliefs, struggling to save herself & other wrongfully accused women. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
bailedI only read 60 pages of this novel but I know I won't like. I am so sdisoppeinted because I like witch stories and the cover is amazingly beautiful.
pickI‘d call this more a creative essay than a novel. The story moves slowly & the author invests a lot of time in descriptions, historical detailing & visual overlaps. I loved it because I am interested in #feminist history and the way that religion tried to suppress female knowledge & traditions by casting aspersions on women with the superstition based fear of “witches”. A depiction of what can happen to our communities when we let fear creep in.
so-soI'm putting snaps on a stack of dice trays this afternoon, which would be a really boring task if I didn't have audio books. #AudioCrafting #Studio42Books
I just finished the tagged book, about a servant woman caught up in the witch trials. I was disappointed. While the book was well written, I don't think it brought anything new to the table. I didn't connect with the main character and wasn't invested in the outcome at all. 😕
Bk2 of my #BookMail is this gorgeous edition of the historical witchy novel.Set in East Anglia in 1645, Martha is a midwife, healer & servant,living peacefully in her village of Cleftwater. But she has not spoken a word in years. Witness to a witch-hunt led by Silas Makepeace, she‘s enlisted to search the accused women‘s bodies for evidence of witchcraft. Desperate to keep her own secrets, she revives a poppet of her mothers in hope of protection.
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