White is for Witching

Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award
One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists
From the acclaimed author of What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, Gingerbread, and Peaces

There's something strange about the Silver family house in the closed-off town of Dover, England. Grand and cavernous with hidden passages and buried secrets, it's been home to four...show more

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304 pages

Average rating: 5.73

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Hartfullofbooks
May 07, 2023
10/10 stars
White is for Witching is a gothic fever dream that was a little hard to get into at first, but once you adjust to the authors writing style it’s impossible to put down. Seriously hung between different perspectives and timelines, the story slowly unravels revealing the malevolent sentience of the house. I went into this one with very little knowledge be I’m glad, because there isn’t much you can say without ruining the vibes of the story. If you’...read more
Anonymous
Apr 24, 2023
8/10 stars
What a strange and lovely book. It's like reading poetry in prose form, and you find yourself filling in the spaces. It's not a book you can rush through, and I found myself confused at certain parts along the way, but I underlined quite a few brilliant passages. Written beautifully, but the story itself felt too ephemeral to be satisfying.

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