Review: Bog Witch by Maya Dworsky
Review of Bog Witch by Maya Dworsky (2291 words)
Luna Station Quarterly, Issue 036 : Read Online
I love this! Bog Witch is a kickass story, and Taterra is an amazing person. She's a scientist on Hecate III, an old prison moon that she was wheedled into going to for academic purposes as part of the Lioness Project. As she reminds herself ever so often - she chose this.
I love that shes a scientist turned witch, and that she's so in control. I enjoyed the feminist angle to the story, too.
On Hecate III, thoughts become things. Your beliefs literally shape reality there. How could a scientist pass up on the opportunity to implant herself in this world and observe? But of course, she ends up changing their fabric of reality as well. They think of her as a magician, a witch; and that is what she becomes.
As a magician and witch, she becomes part of the royal court, and a girl-prince is born after many many years. Why? Because Taterra said it, and all the women believed it, and those women shaped the world. It's achingly beautiful, and I did not go into this story expecting it to make me feel like this.
Absolute love for this story and for Dworsky.
Luna Station Quarterly, Issue 036 : Read Online
I love this! Bog Witch is a kickass story, and Taterra is an amazing person. She's a scientist on Hecate III, an old prison moon that she was wheedled into going to for academic purposes as part of the Lioness Project. As she reminds herself ever so often - she chose this.
I love that shes a scientist turned witch, and that she's so in control. I enjoyed the feminist angle to the story, too.
On Hecate III, thoughts become things. Your beliefs literally shape reality there. How could a scientist pass up on the opportunity to implant herself in this world and observe? But of course, she ends up changing their fabric of reality as well. They think of her as a magician, a witch; and that is what she becomes.
As a magician and witch, she becomes part of the royal court, and a girl-prince is born after many many years. Why? Because Taterra said it, and all the women believed it, and those women shaped the world. It's achingly beautiful, and I did not go into this story expecting it to make me feel like this.
Absolute love for this story and for Dworsky.
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