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A review by _barb
The Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle Riley
4.0
Actual rating: 4.3/5 stars
Okay, so this book was on -50% sale and I thought, well, why not buy it? It doesn't cost much after all...
The story follows young Genevieve Pasquier, known to others as Madame de Morville, who works with Paris' 17th century witch - La Voisin
I've seen that people say that this book could have been shorter, that it's too slow and things like that.
But I really, really liked it.
So, the truth is that I'm REALLY falling in love with books taking place in the past(mainly thanks to [a:Marija Jurić Zagorka|964387|Marija Jurić Zagorka|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1279565606p2/964387.jpg] and [a:C.W. Gortner|169656|C.W. Gortner|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1223356684p2/169656.jpg] 's [b:The Confessions of Catherine de Medici|9869585|The Confessions of Catherine de Medici|C.W. Gortner|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1291934839s/9869585.jpg|7007904]
This book is very well-written, very detailed, very interesting and very...creepy, in a very special way?
As much as I loved it, knowing that La Vosin was real - and many other people mentioned in the book - really disturbed me.
I was thinking about that for DAYS after reading "The Oracle Glass"
What I'd like to note is that I really like the way Genevieve's character developed through the entire story, her view of things and actually realising some very important stuff and actually confirming us things we assumed they happened(and sometimes revealing things we never thought they could possibly happen)
Anyway, HUGE recommendation who like this kind of literature.
And to those who don't.
Okay, so this book was on -50% sale and I thought, well, why not buy it? It doesn't cost much after all...
The story follows young Genevieve Pasquier, known to others as Madame de Morville, who works with Paris' 17th century witch - La Voisin
I've seen that people say that this book could have been shorter, that it's too slow and things like that.
But I really, really liked it.
So, the truth is that I'm REALLY falling in love with books taking place in the past(mainly thanks to [a:Marija Jurić Zagorka|964387|Marija Jurić Zagorka|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1279565606p2/964387.jpg] and [a:C.W. Gortner|169656|C.W. Gortner|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1223356684p2/169656.jpg] 's [b:The Confessions of Catherine de Medici|9869585|The Confessions of Catherine de Medici|C.W. Gortner|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1291934839s/9869585.jpg|7007904]
This book is very well-written, very detailed, very interesting and very...creepy, in a very special way?
As much as I loved it, knowing that La Vosin was real - and many other people mentioned in the book - really disturbed me.
I was thinking about that for DAYS after reading "The Oracle Glass"
What I'd like to note is that I really like the way Genevieve's character developed through the entire story, her view of things and actually realising some very important stuff and actually confirming us things we assumed they happened(and sometimes revealing things we never thought they could possibly happen)
Anyway, HUGE recommendation who like this kind of literature.
And to those who don't.