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A review by okjaaaaa
The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab
2.0
I’ll start by saying this: Victoria Schwab is one of my favourite authors. All of her work is placed on the highest shelves in my heart, they mean the world to me. Being able to sit with her first work is an immense honour, and a privilege on my part. Having the opportunity to see how Schwab has grown as an author since the Near Witch is not something I’ll ever take for granted.
The Near Witch is, in Schwab’s own words, a story about fear. What fear and strangeness can do to a society. This, like with any of her other works, she manages to convey splendidly. It reads like a fairytale; a wonderful, grim, and meaningful one.
It’s so cool to see the roots of Schwab’s other work in this book; to see the threads that bind the Near Witch to A Darker Shade of Magic or Vicious.
But, this one was over too quick for me. In usual fashion to a great fairytale. I, frankly, wish there was More.
(Might bump this one up, once it’s settled a bit more; 3.5)
The Near Witch is, in Schwab’s own words, a story about fear. What fear and strangeness can do to a society. This, like with any of her other works, she manages to convey splendidly. It reads like a fairytale; a wonderful, grim, and meaningful one.
It’s so cool to see the roots of Schwab’s other work in this book; to see the threads that bind the Near Witch to A Darker Shade of Magic or Vicious.
But, this one was over too quick for me. In usual fashion to a great fairytale. I, frankly, wish there was More.
(Might bump this one up, once it’s settled a bit more; 3.5)