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adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is the story of three generations of North women. The time lines move around to slowly reveal the back story of each of the characters.
The women in this book are just incredible, resilient and strong. I fell in love with all of them, they each broke my heart and put back together again and just didn’t want this book to end.
This isn’t the easiest to read in places and I would absolutely recommend checking out the TW on this book before going in.
Thank you @tandemcollectiveuk and @johnmurrays for my copy as part of the #memphisreadalong
The women in this book are just incredible, resilient and strong. I fell in love with all of them, they each broke my heart and put back together again and just didn’t want this book to end.
This isn’t the easiest to read in places and I would absolutely recommend checking out the TW on this book before going in.
Thank you @tandemcollectiveuk and @johnmurrays for my copy as part of the #memphisreadalong
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child death
Moderate: Drug abuse
adventurous
medium-paced
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
fast-paced
This is a new short story from Atwood is the tale of mothers and daughters, of a mother's desire to protect her child against the world and her daughters desire to break free and experience the world for herself. It is told from the present-day perspective of the daughter while she reminisces about her childhood and teenage years.
What a charming quick read that I could happily recommend. I really enjoyed the references to witchcraft and the stories the mother spun to protect her daughter and thought the way that then went full circle to help protect the granddaughter was very clever.
medium-paced
I really liked being back in this world but it felt a little slow, there is a lot of repetition as the author is trying to give us everyone’s perspective
