The Bewitching

I managed to finish it, so I guess it wasn’t the worst, but my overall impression is that it just felt dull and full of clichés. The villains seemed incredibly obvious from early on, but I kept reading under the assumption that an author this acclaimed would have a major twist waiting for us. Nope… it played out like I expected. After doing a little digging into the author, I found out she releases a new book almost every single year, which completely explains why the plot felt so formulaic and rushed. And don't even get me started on the endless, repetitive references to what music was playing on the heroine's Discman - lol. It felt more like a checklist of '90s nostalgia than actual atmosphere.

Weirton Book Club book - written in three different decades so I read one decade through before starting another. interesting Halloween read

4.75 stars!

Multigenerational, multicultural, and definitely gothic.

My first foray into witchcraft and thriller, I thought 'You simply live through it' was an exceptional through line. Very well written and composed.