![]() ![]() Her writing of women's strengths shined later when she made the connection that the things women are most often thought of as weak for, became the reason for the Sisters' success. That, I think, was the highlight of this novel: the characters that I became deeply attached to. It all felt so real and I became deeply invested in these characters and their story. There was love, there was forgiveness, there was bitterness. Harrow did an amazing job of writing these characters in a way that their relationship felt extremely real. ![]() However, it deeply improved as it went on. ![]() So I was disappointed that after January, a book that I think was extremely layered, this book came out punching with very little finesse. When I think of the great "statement" pieces of the past, like Slaughter House 5, A Handmaid's Tale, or Brave New World, these books stick with us because there is so much to discuss. ![]() I feel like a lot of authors today are TELLING our readers too much, instead of SHOWING them. I have this weird thing about subtly in novels. So, I had very high expectations for this book, especially with the awesome premise of "suffragettes but make it witches." January catapulted into my top 10 books of all time - I was simply enchanted by it. I preordered this after I read The Ten Thousand Doors of January at the beginning of 2020. I will be marking all spoilers behind spoiler tags, so feel free to read this if you haven't read yet. Hey guys! Haven't seen this book discussed yet, sorry if I just missed the post. ![]()
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