kaetheghost's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.75
donnicakelsey's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.5
plants_pages_poultry's review against another edition
2.0
Conjure Women tells the story of May Belle , Rue, and Varina in three different time periods. Focusing on the midwives and healer women on a plantation during Slavery, Freedom, and War. The story is told through varying POVs and the way it is written is whiplash inducing. We go back and forth and back and forth through different POVs and it just feels so disjointed. The book goes on and on and then there is no real climax. This wasn’t the book for me.
chandraleereads's review against another edition
4.0
This book is haunting, sad, and impactful. It was a graphic and difficult read, but also a very thought provoking and powerful story.
caleykapowski's review against another edition
Reading the first quarter of this book, I realised it was not what I had expected from the blurb.