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One Sentence Synopsis🔖

The gruesome murder of the village “Witch” unveils the deep systemic violence of a community raised on fear, poverty, and corruption.

Notes/Thoughts📝

• This book has been on my TBR for awhile…I don’t know what I was expecting, but it was not this. Frankly I’m quite shocked which is awesome; I’m experiencing something new, a feeling that shoves me out of my comfort genres. The volume of violence and misogyny was stifling; I would compare it to trauma dumping on steroids while jumping off the CN Tower. A re-read is not on the books in the near future, however, I’m happy I went into the reading blind and gave it a try. The vibes are similar to Reservoir Bitches which is also set in Mexico. Same head spinning tirades from multiple perspectives, producing a chaotic, anxiety-ridden atmosphere.
• I didn’t outline much in the book because it wasn’t meant to be insightful. the prose was meant to be jagged, sharp, unpolished. I let my mind be swept away (violently, if you will) by the furious winds of the hurricane. Taking a note here that the run-on-sentence, stream of consciousness style of reading, instead of being soothing, slow and poetic like Fosse’s writing, gave the writing an a frenetic, angry energy.

Notes/Thoughts📝

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The rain can’t hurt you now, and the darkness doesn’t last forever. See there? See that light shining in the distance? The little light that looks like a star? That’s where you’re headed, he told them, that’s the way out of this hole.