The Once and Future Witches

In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box.

But when the Eastwood sisters--James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna--join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote-and perhaps not even to live-the sisters will need to delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive.

There's no such thing as witches. But there will be.

8 ediciones

hardcover, 517 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 13 de octubre de 2020 por Redhook.

ISBN:: 978-0-316-42204-8
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Temas

Fiction
Magic
Witches
Industrial Revolution
Victoria Era

Reseñas

M reseñó The Once and Future Witches de Alix E. Harrow

3/5

3,0 stars

De estos libros que me hubiera gustado que me hubieran flipado porque tiene exactamente todo lo que le pediría a un libro: montañas de señoras, sufragistas quemando cosas, sáficas y animales fantásticos.

Se me ha hecho larguito, farragoso y me ha costado conectar con los personajes. Para ser señoras del siglo 19 venían enseñadas ya con mucha cosa contemporánea que no cuajaba, el malo es malísimo y los conflictos con las hermanas se solucionan con un par de frases?

Está claro que Harrow ha hecho sus deberes, tiene un mundo sólido y rico con el que jugar y mucho universo en la recámara. Hay ideas bonitas, mensajes importantes, pero todo me ha quedado algo deslucido, la verdad.

Chelle reseñó The Once and Future Witches de Alix E. Harrow

Review of 'The Once and Future Witches' on 'Goodreads'

5,0 stars

This is not a soft book. This book tugs at the parts of me that survived abusive family, exboyfriends, cancer... That has lost jobs for speaking up against "those jokes".

I adored it. It's about the power women (and yes this book means ALL WOMEN) have when they come together against their oppressor.

I think I need to go read it again...

SalirandaDuedicoppe@lore.livellosegreto.it reseñó The Once and Future Witches de Alix E. Harrow

Fenomenale.

5,0 stars

No, davvero, dico sul serio. Abbbastanza personaggi principali perché possiate trovare qualcunz che vi garba, struttura ottima, trama ottima, e ok, io sono particolarmente vulnerabile a certi tipi di metanarrativa e di rielaborazione, però è davvero ottima anche quella. Plus, femminismo intersezionale e lotta di classe.

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