Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen

7 reviews

mariapits's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Very dark and thought provoking. It really makes you feel for women who were accused of being witches in the 1600’s. 

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danasaur's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25


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melodyseestrees's review against another edition

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dark funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The style of this book was a large miss for me. So much detail is missed in these letters between characters. This makes the writers of the letters excellent unreliable narrators but ultimately does not strengthen the plot very much.  
This is a bit of a social commentary on greed and mob mentality. I find myself disagreeing with
The Keplers on their win of the case. Yes Frau Kepler avoided execution but she still faced abuse, torture, isolation, and an outcast status.
Every character was some shade of infuriating or tedious, which is realistic but not very enjoyable. I did enjoy Frau Kepler the most of the characters as her dry wit balanced out the everything else a little. 
The ending of the book really lost steam and was unsatisfactory. We did not know enough about the character who wrote the pages we were reading so they came off as trivial and shady.
Simon went to visit Frau Kepler after a long time. She knew and said that he was there for curses, to face judgment for not speaking up for her at the trial. The reader did not know this as Simon was talking of his visit like he had lost track of time.
 
If the reader is someone who likes unreliable narrators and stories where much of the action happens off page this will be enjoyable for them.

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katsherms's review against another edition

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dark funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


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c_lizziebeth's review against another edition

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dark funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

5.0


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myfbusters's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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courtsbooks's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25


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