![]() ![]() I like it when it isn’t clear if Occam's Razor is cutting toward “That person is obviously tripping” or “That was obviously magic”. I love flashy magic as much as the next person, but one of my favorite things about magical realism is how every little bit of weirdness can become a source of wonder. On the other hand, some “real” fantasy fans are reluctant to allow it beneath the umbrella of “proper” SFF. Thankfully, u/Dianthaa spared me that fate with a rec that I ended up liking much better for my Witches square: Conjure Women by Afia Atakora, a Southern gothic work of magical realism that, among many other things, compares and contrasts the power of black and white women in Civil War and Reconstruction Era USA.įor non-genre readers, magical realism is the sneaky, minimalist disguise fantasy wears so it can score invites to those fancy Real Literature soirees. ![]() I wasn’t disliking it, but I wasn’t liking it enough to look forward to doing a write-up about it. ![]() I almost read a book I didn’t like that much for Bingo. ![]()
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