katsylver reviewed Last Witch in Edinburgh by Marielle Thompson
Review of 'Last Witch in Edinburgh' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
A story like The Last Witch in Edinburgh could have fallen flat, losing it's punch to the shallowness of White Feminism. But Thompson manages to stay true to a universal experience & brings very real history into a story of modern speculative fiction.
Reading Nellie's character is frustrating but rewarding through her journey. She learns & grows, eventually becoming honest with herself about her own motivations.
I think that's the part that I most appreciate, the hubris the characters have or grow to have. It would be easy for a writer to give their main character a sense of infallibility but Thompson allows each character to be human, flaws & all.
Beyond that, the message that carries through this story from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries is one that pulled at me. We're not alone.
Reading Nellie's character is frustrating but rewarding through her journey. She learns & grows, eventually becoming honest with herself about her own motivations.
I think that's the part that I most appreciate, the hubris the characters have or grow to have. It would be easy for a writer to give their main character a sense of infallibility but Thompson allows each character to be human, flaws & all.
Beyond that, the message that carries through this story from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries is one that pulled at me. We're not alone.