Conjure Wife
Gelesen von Ben Tucker
Fritz Leiber
(4,75 Sterne; 16 Bewertungen)
Norman Saylor is a logical, practical fellow with a bright future at the college he teaches at and a loving wife who supports him in every way possible. His reality is about to be shattered when he discovers that his wife Tansy has secretly been practicing witchcraft in order to protect him and further his career. After this shocking discovery, he forces Tansy to get rid of all the charms and totems she has cultivated throughout the years. What Norman doesn't realize is that other women are conspiring against him and were awaiting just such an event to unleash Hell upon he and Tansy, body and soul. - Summary by Ben Tucker (5 hr 19 min)
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Somewhat complex battle of the sexes
Mark Burchard
(4,5 Sterne)
some complex character development and multiple power dynamics. you know it's good writing because at a couple of points you want to strangle one character or another. it's both appropriate and ironic that Tanzy's husband is a professor of sociology. of course he tries to make a science out of the magic he discovers. because of course a lot of it is negro or primitive magic and it's The White Man's burden when coming across anything beyond the tangible to study it, classify it, commodify it, and figure out how they can most cheaply Force the local population to produce it. basically the mindset that "of course we can figure out how to make magic in factories"
Brilliant
SevenLivelyArts
(5 Sterne)
I loved this. Lots of fun, and suspenseful twists all the way to the end. Excellent work by the reader.