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bookishcori's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Violence
Minor: Abortion
tink's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
"All women are born with a bit of bruja in them, for protection"
Challenging to read in places - for both content and writing style - but worth the read for the strong feminist themes. Feliciana is a strong role model.
Challenging to read in places - for both content and writing style - but worth the read for the strong feminist themes. Feliciana is a strong role model.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Violence
lizlikesfrogs's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Abortion, Murder, and Sexual harassment
abookishtype's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
There are so many things we don’t know about ourselves. There are medicines we take for which we don’t know the mechanism of action. There are ailments that we don’t have good treatments for or, sometimes, any treatment at all. Perhaps the most mysterious illnesses of all are the ones that afflict our psyches or, as the protagonist of Brenda Lozano’s affecting novel, The Witches, would say: sickness in our soul or our “deep waters.” Feliciana, modeled in part on real-life curandera María Sabina Magdalena García, has been healing people’s sick souls for decades through veladas, ceremonies involving the use of psychoactive mushrooms. When journalist Zoe comes to interview Feliciana after the murder of Feliciana’s transgender mentor and friend, Paloma, we see how Feliciana works her magic on maladies that no one else would consider curable...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss, for review consideration.
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss, for review consideration.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Transphobia, and Violence
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