Hex

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Rizzio brought out the best in Mina, as this has with Fagan, and I very much look forward to Alan Warner’s offering later this year. The National Theatre has revealed the full cast for musical Hex, coming to the National’s Olivier Theatre from 26 November 2022. Jenni has written articles for the Independent, NY Times, Marie Claire. She has held Writer in Residence positions at the University of Edinburgh, Robert Louise Stevenson Fellowship and Gavin Wallace. Geillis, una joven de 15 años, pasa su última noche en una celda a la espera de que la ahorquen por brujería en la Escocia del rey Jacobo. Iris, una joven de la época actual, la acompañará en sus últimas horas en forma de espíritu mediante una sesión de espiritismo.

Contada en presente y en primera persona se centra en hablar sobre las injusticias que vivimos las mujeres, tanto en la época de Geillis como en la de Iris, especialmente en cuanto a los roles que se nos ha obligado a asumir a lo largo de la historia, a las consecuencias que tiene salirse de ellos y al abuso por parte de los hombres. Hex is hands down the creepiest book I have ever read. Yes thanks SO much to the author for those nightmares. Loved it. When a book genuinely disturbs you, you know you are onto a good thing.Lo paranormal, la bruja como un ente maligno y con una gran influencia es el mal encarnado, sí, y puede que su aspecto y el suspenso de qué es lo que pretende vagando por más de 300 años en aquel lugar solo sea producto de una venganza o quizás otra cosa. Lo cierto es que da miedo y tiene aterrorizado a todos los habitantes pero lo que queda claro en la medida que avanzas es que las personas que viven en el pueblo son igual o mucho más peores que ella. La prueba viviente está en cómo adoctrinan a los muchachos desde pequeños manteniéndolos en aislamiento, los torturan psicológicamente para que no cometan alguna tontería a favor de la bruja y si incumplen algún decreto serán castigados físicamente. Vamos, que la moral y los derechos básicos son violentados solo por el miedo que supone la figura monstruosa de la bruja. Y sus leyes no tienen nada que envidiarle a los de la edad media ya que lo que hoy en día se considera una persona civilizada aquí es la representación del más puro salvajismo animal e irracional. This was certainly an attempt by the author to be funny, but it didn’t work for me: I thought it was neither funny nor scary. Most of the time I was just wondering if the author intentionally wanted this to be comical or not.

La puesta en escena es de lo más original. Como caerte en un abismo del que no querrás salir, y de hacerlo, no lo harás indemne. Hatfull, Jonathan (April 28, 2016). "Sharp Ends by Joe Abercrombie book review". SciFiNow . Retrieved 2016-10-30. This is all it takes for people to plunge into insanity: one night alone with themselves and what they fear most.”

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Los diálogos se me hacían poco naturales en algunas partes, se me han hecho artificiales. También se han querido meter muchas situaciones a modo de ejemplo en alguno de los discursos de Iris que hacen que sientas que la historia no es más que una excusa y queda un poco forzado. No me ha gustado mucho el estilo, pero si esto son cosas que a ti no te importan te animo a leer el libro. Favourite Quote: ‘A woman’s voice is a hex. She must learn to exalt men always. If she doesn’t do that, then she is a threat.’ Agradecida con mi club de lectura que me llevó a darle otra oportunidad a este libro que la primera vez dejé sin terminar (no porque no me gustara, si no porque estaba en plena mudanza y le perdí el hilo a la historia).

So, in this isolated community different rules apply. Anybody who breaks these rules and thus acts against the community will expect severe punishment. I'm not going to get into the plot much as this book came out several years ago and everyone knows it's about a witch. She haunts the town, but her type of haunting mainly consists of showing up at weird times and places, creeping the hell out of everyone by just standing there, and then she vanishes. Okay, there's more to it than that, but that's the gist. Grotesquely fat and just generally grotesque crazy lady who's also sexually assaulted at one point for no reason, and hey have we mentioned she's disgusting and she makes everyone eat pâté that's super gross Finally, I have to praise the quality of the translation and the way the changes were implemented from the original Dutch version of this book for the US edition. Since I have no basis to compare the two versions, I can’t really comment on the actual changes themselves, like the one that switched the location of the setting from a small town in the Netherlands to one nestled in the Hudson Valley region in upstate New York, but I can say that they were done really well and the transposition felt practically seamless (pardon the pun). I was really impressed, and if anything, this exercise showed me that the things that terrify us and keep us up at night are pretty much universal. this was written in 2013 and originally set in a small dutch town, and i really liked this part of the author’s afterword:

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This is such an intelligently written novel. The story delves into themes surrounding fear, which is a powerful and dangerous motivation. The author also plays with the usual tropes of the horror genre by placing this haunted town in a ultra modern world, where Youtube and GoPros are commonplace. This is a refreshing change from traditional horror stories, where the electricity and phones always seem to fail at the most inconvenient times. You know what’s funny about her?’ Justin mused. ‘For a fairy-tale character she’s, like, chronically ugly.’ Kelly, Alan (March 2, 2016). "HELL'S SHELVES: Thomas Olde Heuvelt on HEX". Rue Morgue . Retrieved 2016-10-30.