A review by blulibrarian
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

It was off to a slow start, but as the story unfolds, it draws you in a tighter and tighter spiral, moving at a faster clip. I enjoyed the through lines in this work; the family sickness passed down as trauma until the source is all but forgotten and the symptoms are rote performance without understanding the play. There are some passages that really stand out as sensations you can sink into, which I really enjoyed. A story that relies too heavily on visuals loses me; this did not suffer from that. Still, I felt a little too disconnected from what was unfolding and unsure of my handle on the story itself to truly sink in to it.