River Woman, River Demon
Ratings12
Average rating2.9
Decided to DNF at 46%
I'm just completely uninterested.
The MC is annoying, and the writing is driving me insane tbh 🫠
I don't think I would've made it this far into the book if I'd been reading it vs listening to the audio book [the narrator is great].
7 hours left in the audio book and I just can't listen to it anymore sorry 💀
This book featured one of the most if not THE MOST unlikeable main characters in any book I have ever read. She had absolutely no character growth and suffered no consequences for her shitty actions. The two stars are for the bruja/curandera and hoodoo representation, but Eva is no bruja, she is a pendeja through and through
If you like drama, a character who makes mistakes, with suspended disbelief, and a crime/suspense that comes to the surface this would be good one to try.
I didn't like this book.
I thought the witch stuff was more religious than I care for - so it came off as the power of thoughts and prayers total woo woo. This seems to scare kids when she uses the oouiji board and there are a lot of scenes like this when you have to suspend you disbelief A LOT.
This is not the witch journey and perspective I'm on ...so I'm trying not to judge it harshly. I wish there was actually some more culture or info or witch topics in here but idk I just felt empty if you were out of the loop. If this is someone's first witch protagonist it's not a strong one to learn some ideas or understanding.
The character isn't a typical mother - both sister and her own children play a mothering role towards her. This is basically her character is being self absorbed. She makes mistakes and dislikes other women but does grown at the very end and since you had to wait so long for this it is not a very satisfying growth.
BUT if you are big into the drama it could work?
Many reviews call her a bad mom - I kinda disagree with this because I feel like the children are written in as plot/decorations. Similar to fridge women, I think they are just there as an attempt to build her character and not be characters.
Eh, it was just a meh read. I did this for the libby library read! The narrator was great!
