Nichol A.

In the Grand tradition of Clockwork Orange

Revisado: 04-07-25

Packed with zingers, black humor, and the embodiment of the horror of humanity. Very satisfying. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

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Colonial romance

Revisado: 12-26-24

Trite, whitewashed, sanitized, romanticized version of a literate, esteemed colonial midwife.

I’d love to read a less gently told story more reflective of the true hardships of a woman in this historical context.

The climax and denouement left me with a headache from the eye rolling.

The author explanation at the end was a trite justification for the romanticization of rape and colonial (in)justice. The author knows enough to lightly place the story in the stark context of the atrocities of the time, but manages to sanitize it beyond recognition. At the crux of the story is the brutal anti- Indian sentiment and misogyny of the era, but the author somehow manages to marginalize those very aspects. The female rage was characteristic of the tears of a modern wyte woman.

The story left me wanting more depth and realism; more diversity, a broader, more humanizing and less romantic narrative voice.

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Perfect

Revisado: 01-27-24

Perceptive. Hilarious. Sinister. Cynical. Perfectly nuanced. Multi layered. Just. So. Delicious.

The Unreliable narrator is a train wreck from which the eyes cannot avert. The supporting characters, including the muse, are developed to give the reader a full taste of the context - set in this actual shit show of a society complete with social media, corporate publishing shenanigans, and all of the inherently f$$cked up ways we as humans exploit one another.

I loved this book. I am smiling in wicked delight as I write this review. Bravo.

Also a perfect performance by the reader.

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Good old fashioned

Revisado: 01-25-24

Fairy tale. Dark and sinister like they once were, with monsters that can eat you alive.

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Pretty good

Revisado: 05-12-23

I was engaged and enjoyed the listen. It wasn’t super profound, and there were some predictable tropes. However, I did enjoy the female protagonist and the surprise ending. I wanted to find out what happened, and enjoyed the listen. I enjoyed the violence of it that didn’t include rape, but instead saw the women as self determined and powerful. I also appreciated the representation of homosexuality without the overt marketing of it for sensationalism; it just exists. I liked that. It wasn’t overly romantic or sexual, but there was deep love on many levels that were taboo in the post Civil War era of the Wild West. It wasn’t heavy handed so as to be insulting, but rather just a vivid human experience. I was captivated, even when I could predict outcomes.

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Excellent

Revisado: 03-18-23

I enjoyed the storyline and the telling of it. I liked that the author didn’t take any easy outs with the plot and character development. The setting is the story in a sense, and I really enjoy that generational presence of the woods and how it shapes characters’ lives and legacies.

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Tired tropes

Revisado: 03-18-23

Stale premise
Boring and frustrating
Sad to have wasted a credit
Don’t make my mistake .

Just go watch The Village

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such a good story

Revisado: 07-14-22

so queer, so spooky, so hot, so funny…. I read this while camping alone in the woods and scared myself silly.

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Greek mythology that centers the stories of women?

Revisado: 06-01-22

yes, please. I have loved most of the stories I’ve found in this genre, including Circe, Achilles Song, Silence of the Girls, and now, Ariadne. Give me more, please!

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engaging read

Revisado: 06-01-22

I like having an Audible narrator when there are so many words from languages I don’t speak. It’s helpful to hear them pronounced.

I enjoyed this story. It is believable, and yet hard to imagine what it must have been to exist as a woman in the 1600’s. I’d love more stories like this that center women’s stories in the history that we know to be true. I appreciated the element of truth that came from the author’s research on the witch trials at the time in Finmark. Very interesting.

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