The Wilderwomen by Ruth Emmie Lang

October 20, 2022

The Wilderwomen by Ruth Emmie Lang

Nora Wilder disappeared five years ago, and her two daughters, Zadie and Finn, have no idea why or where she went. Both sisters have a sixth sense: Zadie is a psychic and Finn is able to enter other people's memories and dreams. They wonder if maybe their mother had a sixth sense too, and if it had something to do with why she left. Shortly after Finn's high school graduation, the sisters plan to take a beach vacation in Galveston. But when Finn finds herself in a memory that can only belong to her mother, they decide instead that they need to go search for Nora.

DNF. I have the feeling that the author thought up a cool title and decided to write a book around it. I'm not really a fan of magical realism, and if I had known that was the major theme, I would not have requested this title from NetGalley. I usually enjoy books about missing persons but I didn't connect with the characters at all - too much crap about boyfriends and stuff like Psychic Karaoke. Also, the author's wandering style didn't appeal to me either. Maybe younger readers will like it better, or if you're a fan of magical realism like Alice Hoffman, you'll probably like this book a lot more than I did.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the author for providing an eARC.