This is the first time I haven't been blown away by a Jeanette Winterson book and I even know the reason to my "un-amazement": it is neither the subject - hunting down the Pendle witches, which can be quite thrilling, nor the idea of Jeanette experimenting with a horror novella for the first and last time, in her words... It is, in fact, the change in her writing style, which I simply used to adore. I kept on reading the short novel, waiting for a glimpse of her style, but it felt like I was reading a book by an ordinary writer who had nothing to do with the mesmerizing way in which Jeanette usually writes. And when I came to the line "Do you remember?", which also appears in the story "Goldrush Girl" I even smiled, but that was it... the falcon has flown away never to return (read the story to understand the meaning). I really hope her next literary piece will be a return to her famous, non-conformist style, with or without Shakespeare being mentioned :) For those who love horror stories, the book is a must.
Are all clever women powerful witches?
"She heard wings. She held out her arm. It was her bird. He scarred
her arm where she had no glove but she did not care because she loved
him and she knew that love leaves a wound that leaves a scar."
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Read for the LGBT reading event, hosted by Roof Beam Reader.
2 comments:
Oh that stinks! :-( And trust me, I've been there with one of my favorite authors, Dean Koontz, as well. Somehow he has completely lost his ability of storytelling and it feels like just a random mix of elements which just don't work together. The narration itself is lacking too. Shame, really!
What keeps me hoping is that she said this is the first and the last time she would try this type of novel, so I am keeping my fingers crossed she is not ruined for good :)
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