Hex

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I suspect YA readers who adored The Maze Runner will like this. I think 'Hex' is a better book, but it falls into the same kind of nonsensical plot outcomes and character behavior, especially when the author is writing from the viewpoint of some adult characters. Favourite Quote: ‘A woman’s voice is a hex. She must learn to exalt men always. If she doesn’t do that, then she is a threat.’ En 1591, la protagonista es Geillis Duncan. Una joven que pasa sus últimas horas de vida en una celda a la espera de que se produzca su ejecución. Fue brutalmente torturada y sus atacantes decidieron acusarla de brujería. Desde 2021, Iris llega hasta ella para hacerle compañía y para darle su apoyo antes de que acaben con su vida. Quien vive allí tiene que aprender a convivir con ella, no hay otra. Algo que llevan arrastrando desde hace nada menos que 350 años.

La tecnología es algo muy importante en este libro. Un pueblo grabado en todo momento. Para mi demasiada tecnología. Usa muchísimo esas cosas. Haunting stories have been done numerous times, but this one did offer up something new in my opinion. This was certainly an attempt by the author to be funny, but it didn’t work for me: I thought it was neither funny nor scary. Most of the time I was just wondering if the author intentionally wanted this to be comical or not. HEX was not what I expected. At all. It had some very creepy moments and for that reason I'm glad I read it, but I didn't find it to be the end all-be all of dark fiction like most of my friends did. I'm a little bummed about that because my expectations were high.Essie Winterscale lives in a huge and ever-changing house in the village of Good Winter, in deepest, darkest Essex. She lives with various witches of various ages, one of whom is still a bit salty about being hanged in the 1700s, one who keeps accidentally casting fertility spells, and one who knits things that create the future. Iris essentially takes on the role of Geillis’ familiar, and directs much of her narrative is toward Geillis. The second chapter begins: ‘Your cell is several floors below the city. It is, far below footfall, or taverns, or flats; below beds, or kitchens, or hugs, or hope, or church, or prayer, or freedom, or laughter, or air; below shuttered windows, or dogs asleep in front of fires. It is so far below the seasons they might as well not exist.’ She goes on to comment: ‘Travelled time all my life’, and then: ‘Five hundred years between us, Geillis Duncan – it’s such a little leap really.’ Iris continues: ‘A woman’s voice is a hex. She must learn to exalt men always. If she doesn’t do that, then she is a threat. A demon whore, a witch – so says everyone and the law.’

I wasn't expecting this book to be so heartwrenching; there were several passages that were hard to read and others that made my blood boil. Underwhelming. I need to accept that witch stories aren't for me. Especially with this kind of artsy fartsy writing style. You can tell the author is a poet by the endless waffling on and use of similes. This book was so fascinating! I read it while on the way home from Scotland, so all of the imagery and details around Edinburgh were that much more rich & current in my mind. Jenni Fagan has published three fiction novels, five books of poetry and had scripts produced for stage and screen. Jenni is an award winning, critically acclaimed poet and novelist. She is published in eight languages. A Granta Best of Young British Novelist (once-in-a-decade-accolade), Scottish Novelist of the Year (2016), Pushchart nominated, on lists for BBC International Short Story Prize, Impac Dublin, The Sunday Times Short Story Award, Encore, among others.But the dude characters are just as boring and one-dimensional as the nasty fat pâté lady. I did not care about anyone in this book. For a novel that's supposedly about a town, I had virtually no sense of anyone in the community. They were all cardboard cutouts with vaguely silly names. Like a silly haunted tram ride at Universal Studios. Puedo afirmar que ha sido la mejor lectura del año, sin ninguna duda. Todo lo que aquí se conjuga es absolutamente aterrador y la forma de narrarlo, absolutamente magnífica 😍

Tenía potencial para dar más de sí. Intenta usar una historia de viajes en el tiempo y presuntas brujas para lanzar un mensaje feminista, pero le falta fuerza. Y no solo eso, ya que tampoco está bien trabajado el vínculo entre las protagonistas. Trata de eso el libro y sus reflexiones. La bruja en este caso es un detonante ante lo que nos volvemos verdaderos imbéciles sin piedad. Jenni has written articles for the Independent, NY Times, Marie Claire. She has held Writer in Residence positions at the University of Edinburgh, Robert Louise Stevenson Fellowship and Gavin Wallace.

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Kelly, Alan (March 2, 2016). "HELL'S SHELVES: Thomas Olde Heuvelt on HEX". Rue Morgue . Retrieved 2016-10-30. I went to Scotland this year for my birthday and my sister bought me this book in Waterstones in Edinburgh, which I think couldn't be more fitting. Thomas Olde Heuvelt (1983) is the international bestselling author of HEX. The much-praised novel was published in over twenty-five countries around the world and is currently in development for TV by Gary Dauberman. Olde Heuvelt, whose last name in Dutch dialect means “Old Hill,” was the first ever translated author to win a Hugo Award for his short story "The Day the World Turned Upside Down". Damn! This book had so much promise with a creepy plot and the writing was very atmospheric at times. People find hope, comfort, or confidence in making the sign of the cross or not walking under a ladder, just as you find hope and confidence in offering a pennant to the witch. Magic exists in the minds of those who believe in it, not in its actual influence on reality.”El mensaje final y las reflexiones que va dejando por toda la novela como si de migas de pan se tratara es para quitarse el sombrero. Aunque todo lo relacionado con brujas me llama la atención y los temas de los que se habla son esenciales y muy necesarios no he conectado mucho con la historia. The HSL Model is used by photographers and videographers who work with light. This model uses three colors – hue, saturation, and lightness. Hue refers to the color itself; saturation refers to the intensity of the color; and lightness refers to the brightness of the color.