![]() Sogolon is an antihero who will stay with me for a while. When she escapes, Sogolon moves through a brothel and then the house of a wealthy family and then on to the royal court, learning each step of the way that she cannot trust anyone, and that power is often only there for the people willing to grab it. Blamed for the death of her mother in childbirth, Sogolon is kept captive in a termite mound by her father and brothers, who abuse and humiliate her. ![]() ![]() Moon Witch, Spider King is a timeline of Sogolon’s life-a welcome change from the frenetic jumping around of the first novel. While Tracker saw her as merely an irritating help and often adversary, Sogolon has lived 177 years before Tracker even knew of her. In that telling, the unreliable narrator of Tracker is searching for a mysterious missing boy, and encounters Sogolon along the way. For me, reading Moon Witch, Spider King has left me with a feeling.Īs the second novel in Marlon James’ Dark Star trilogy, the narrative of Moon Witch, Spider King follows the character of Sogolon, the titular Moon Witch, who appeared in the first novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Whether that’s because they take a special focus to read, or because something sticks with you long after the last page, a nagging thought, an image, a scene, lingers in your head. There are some books that take a tiny bit of your soul when you read them. ![]() In our Moon Witch, Spider King book review, we get into our feelings about womanhood and power with the life story of a 177-year-old witch. ![]()
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