Book Review WEEP, WOMAN, WEEP Maria DeBlassie

Thank you to the author Maria DeBlassie, publishers Kitchen Witch Press, and Henry Roi PR, for an advance digital copy of WEEP, WOMAN, WEEP. All views are mine.



This novella is magical. What a fantastic piece of writing. The technique is solid and DeBlassie's voice is addictive. All she needs is a killer story, and she's got that, too. Here's an early sweet Halloween treat.

Three (or more) things I loved:

1. The way DeBlassie utilizes her time element is so creative and feeds into the sort of chaotic feel of this piece. We have a narrator more than willing to say, Here we are in the story, no wait I didn't tell you about this yet, oh yeah that thing back there, I lied about that, here's what really happened. This adds so much to the shape of the narrative, and it also brings me to the next thing I love about this novella, down below.

2. Such a fresh,creative, fun execution of the unreliable narrator! It's not that the narrator is untrustworthy, or at least not only. It's that the narrator keeps interrupting herself (often in service of that creatice timeline), so the reader never knows when the narrative will shift or change. It's really quite entertaining to read and it's brilliant.

3. La Lorena is a wonderful metaphor for grief and misfortune. The way she can follow and plague a woman for years (or not) and drag her down, just another victim, that's a great ghost.

4. I'm such a sucker for a really satisfying ending, especially if I don't see it coming. 

Three (or less) things I didn't love:

I was completely taken with this story! I have no notes for this section at this time.

Rating: 💧💧💧💧💧 bitter tears
Recommend? Yes!
Finished: Sep 27 23
Format: Digital arc, Kindle
Read this book if you like:
👻 ghost stories
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 family stories, family drama
👭🏽 teenage girl friendships 
💇‍♀️ women's coming of age 
😵 curses





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