Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
2021 • 275 pages
Ratings17
Average rating3.7
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Ratings17
Average rating3.7
A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021 The plague is spreading. The Thirty Years’ War is beginning. Katharina Kepler is believed to be a witch. The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances.
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Really wanted to like this. It is fully in my wheelhouse. Love historical fiction, love a dabble in the occult. Reading it during spooky season. It drags. Lord it drags. The book has a great voice it just doesn't dispatch with the plot quick enough.
I would rate this higher, but it was difficult to discern which character was speaking—the transitions were abrupt, and there was no introduction or allusion to which character was now in charge of the story. This made for a sometimes confusing read/listen.
Very well done historical fiction; bonus star for having proper notes and sources at the end.
This is a bit of an atypical historical fiction, being set not in a royal court but a small village in medieval Germany. It's based on real events, in which the mother of an imperial mathematician was accused of witchcraft. Katharina, the mother in question, is a funny, vivid character that makes this book compelling despite the underlying sadness of the narrative.
