A Witch Reviews: A Secret History of Witches
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- Опубликовано: 23 дек 2020
- My reading of A Secret History of Witches by Lousia Morgan was very informed by experiences as a witch and I decided to talk about it!
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I always appreciate your thoughtful and well-spoken analyses of books and this is no exception.
Came across this video after finishing the book. The first five minutes more or less 100% mirrored my opinion of the story. I don’t know much/anything about witchcraft practices or Romani culture, so I found the latter part of the video particularly interesting. Many thanks for your insights.
thank you for making this video! your review was so interesting and thoughtful-i would have never known any of this!
great review!
I found this video by semi-accident (was seeing if there was hong kong witchcraft content) and I'm glad I clicked because this one was very well-thought out and succinct review. I know it's probably not intentional, but the point you make about the appropriative aspects of the book was also informative for me, since I don't know much about Romani practices and I'm still a beginner witch myself. Great stuff :)
I’ve been looking for Hong Kong witchcraft content too!! Would love to know if you find any 😊
Thank you for your wise, detailed review.
I too sensed the wonder and power of Louisa Morgan's writing up until the part about the Queen and WW2, which I felt was sadly gimmicky and completely unnecessary given the LM's incredible gifts as a writer. Part of my discomfort was perhaps similar to yours in that I felt the historical integrity of the book was marred by the sudden flight of pure fancy re the Queen. Also, I felt disturbed that the Queen perhaps was imported into the book in a misbegotten attempt to give give the often despised and economically poor Romani people a stamp of approval.
Witches, of course, don't need huge amounts of money and social power to get things done.
I really appreciated your heads-up about the way the name of Romani people was used in a way that wasn't always sensitive to their historical realities.
Wow what a great conversation!
Good points. I enjoyed the book but found it problematic as well.