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browsecomp_plus_98066_19 | Billboard's 21 Under 21 2015: Music's Hottest Young Stars | Seventeen Birth Dates: Choi Seungcheol, aka S.coups: August 8, 1995 (Age: 20); Yoon Jeonghan, aka Jeonghan: October 4, 1995 (Age: 20); Hong Jisoo, aka Joshua: December 30, 1995 (Age: 19); Wen Junhui, aka Jun: June 10, 1996 (Age: 19); Kwon Soonyoung, aka Hoshi: June 15, 1996 (Age: 19); Jeon Wonwoo, aka Wonwoo: July 17, ... |
browsecomp_plus_98066_20 | Billboard's 21 Under 21 2015: Music's Hottest Young Stars | The group boasts 13 members (average age: 17) hailing from South Korea, China, and the United States, and it's divided into three units: one for hip-hip, one for vocals, and one for choreography. The divide-and-conquer strategy has paid off, as Seventeen's sophomore EP, Boys Be, debuted atop the World Albums chart in S... |
browsecomp_plus_98066_21 | Billboard's 21 Under 21 2015: Music's Hottest Young Stars | Echosmith Birth Dates: Jamie Sierota: April 8, 1993 (Age: 22); Noah Sierota: January 1, 1996 (Age: 19); Sydney Sierota: April 21, 1997 (Age: 18); Graham Sierota: February 5, 1999 (Age: 16). Last Year's Rank: N/A Why They're Hot: This four-piece family band from Chino, Calif., counts everyone from Fleetwood Mac to the S... |
browsecomp_plus_98066_22 | Billboard's 21 Under 21 2015: Music's Hottest Young Stars | Last Year's Rank: N/A Why She's Hot: Back in April, Oakland native Kehlani Parrish released what Billboard deemed "the first great R&B album of 2015." It's called You Should Be Here, and if it's technically more of a mixtape, it reached No. 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 36 on the Billboard 200. Like Keh... |
browsecomp_plus_98066_23 | Billboard's 21 Under 21 2015: Music's Hottest Young Stars | Last Year's Rank: N/A Why He's Hot: In some ways the ultimate millennial artist, Shamir Bailey blurs lines between genre and gender as only a 20-year-old weaned on everything from Outkast to Billie Holiday can. Born and raised in Las Vegas and blessed with a stunning countertenor voice that many mistake for female, Sha... |
browsecomp_plus_92850_1 | Artists who have quit art school: how did that turn out for you? | A place for people interested in contemporary art and the contemporary art world, art news, relevant theory and conversation about contemporary artists. Note that no self-promotion of any kind is allowed on this subreddit. Artists who have quit art school: how did that turn out for you? I am in the process of getting m... |
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browsecomp_plus_21409_1 | Younger Siblings Of Famous People Who Became Even More Famous | - Photo 1: - Fox Searchlight Pictures - Photo 2: - Disney+ - Photo 3: Younger Siblings Of Famous People Who Became Even More Famous In March 2025, Kieran Culkin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film A Real Pain. For years he had been known as Macauley Culkin's younger brother, ... |
browsecomp_plus_21409_2 | Younger Siblings Of Famous People Who Became Even More Famous | His career got off to a bang; he made his film debut in King of the Gypsies in 1978 and immediately earned a Golden Globe nomination for the Best Motion Picture Acting Debut - Male. He received another Golden Globe nomination, this time for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, for Star 80, which was just his third f... |
browsecomp_plus_21409_3 | Younger Siblings Of Famous People Who Became Even More Famous | In a 2018 Vanity Fair interview, he claimed: If it wasn't for me, there would be no Julia Roberts and no [his actor daughter] Emma Roberts as celebrities, as actresses, and I'm very proud of that. When Julia first came to New York, I went into William Morris and I said, 'Which one of you is going to sign my sister Juli... |
browsecomp_plus_21409_4 | Younger Siblings Of Famous People Who Became Even More Famous | Despite receiving BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Last Detail and winning a Golden Globe for his portrayal of President Lyndon Johnson in the television movie LBJ: The Early Years, he may be best known for his appearances in several of the National... |
browsecomp_plus_21409_5 | Younger Siblings Of Famous People Who Became Even More Famous | Way more famous?Venus and Serena Williams first started playing tennis in Compton, CA, coached primarily by their parents. Both were just 14 when they turned professional, Venus in 1994 and Serena the following year. In September 1999, Serena became the second Black woman in history to win a Grand Slam title (after Alt... |
browsecomp_plus_21409_6 | Younger Siblings Of Famous People Who Became Even More Famous | When she retired she had 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most by any woman (Margaret Court had 24). Venus, meanwhile, finished with seven Grand Slam singles titles; the sisters also teamed up to win 14 Grand Slam doubles titles. Way more famous?Beau and Jeff Bridges are the sons of actor Lloyd Bridges, who may... |
browsecomp_plus_21409_7 | Younger Siblings Of Famous People Who Became Even More Famous | Beau told CNN's Chris Wallace that, because of the age gap, there's never been much of a rivalry between the brothers: I'm eight years older than Jeff. And my dad was traveling a lot…when he was away, I was teaching Jeff how to throw a ball, do all that stuff. So, I've always enjoyed whatever successes he's had. Jeff c... |
browsecomp_plus_21409_8 | Younger Siblings Of Famous People Who Became Even More Famous | In February 2025 it was announced that a spinoff of this series, tentatively titled Boston Blue, had been scheduled to premiere in the 2025-26 season and would focus on Donnie's character. Like his older brother, Mark Wahlberg began his career as a musician. After being in NKOTB for a hot second, he became a teen idol ... |
browsecomp_plus_21409_9 | Younger Siblings Of Famous People Who Became Even More Famous | He's a leading man and I've always thought of myself as a character and I take great pride in that. It's really all I could ever hope for is to be having a good reputation as a really solid character actor. That's really a great place for me to be in my opinion. Way more famous?Nick Jonas first rose to fame as part of ... |
browsecomp_plus_21409_10 | Younger Siblings Of Famous People Who Became Even More Famous | While in the band he continued to periodically act in stage musicals such as Les Misérables and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. After the band split in 2013, he focused on being a solo artist; his albums Nick Jonas and This Year Was Complicated both hit the Top 10 on the Billboard albums chart. Althou... |
browsecomp_plus_63278_1 | Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain | Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain The best historical fiction set in Britain during Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901). Note: historical fiction being defined as follows - "To be deemed historical (in our sense), a novel must have been written at least fifty years after the events described, or have been... |
browsecomp_plus_63278_2 | Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain | (definition from the Historical Novel Society) Ashley 1537 books 42 friends 42 friends Dr. 0 books 1 friend 1 friend Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 3382 books 854 friends 854 friends Denidevine 1574 books 39 friends 39 friends Greyweather 2660 books 65 friends 65 friends Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) 546 books 365 ... |
browsecomp_plus_63278_3 | Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain | I came across some different definitions, some that included these authors, and most like this one from the Historical Novel Society's website: "To be deemed historical (in our sense), a novel must have been written at least fifty years after the events described, or have been written by someone who was not alive at th... |
browsecomp_plus_63278_4 | Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain | I came across some different definitions, some that included these authors, and most like this one from the Historical Novel Society's website: "To be deemed historical (in our sense), a novel must have been written at least fifty years after the events described, or have been written by someone who was not alive at th... |
browsecomp_plus_63278_5 | Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain | Here's a cool website on the piece, btw: Here's a cool website on the piece, btw: For more on books set in Victorian England check out this blog: Kate Morton's The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden are really good... can't quite remember if they are Victorian or Edwardian, but certainly within that era. Also M... |
browsecomp_plus_63278_6 | Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain | I removed it, along with a number of books by authors actually living in Victorian England and writing about their own time (i.e., books not qualifying as "historical fiction") -- most notably, Charles Dickens -- and David Liss's "Benjamin Weaver" series (set in 18th, not 19th century London). Will leave The Observatio... |
browsecomp_plus_63278_7 | Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain | AND Bernard Cornwell's "Saxon Story" series (NINTH, not NINETEENTH century England)! "Remarkable Creatures" by Tracy Chevalier is NOT Victorian, but Regency. City of Light is a great book, but it doesn't take place in Great Britain, and it's not Victorian either. It takes place in Buffalo, NY, during the Pan-American E... |
browsecomp_plus_63278_8 | Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain | And on yet another note: My understanding of "historical" fiction is that it is "historical" (i.e., lying in the past) from the point of view of the WRITER, not merely his/her readers. I.e., any- and everything by Dickens and other writers actually living in the Victorian Age should not qualify for inclusion in this li... |
browsecomp_plus_9810_1 | Who Are Jennifer Aniston's Half Siblings? All About John Melick III and Alexander 'AJ' Aniston | Meet Jennifer Aniston's siblings. The Friends actress has two half brothers, John Melick III and Alexander "AJ" Aniston. Jennifer's late mom, Nancy Dow, welcomed John III during her first marriage to Jack Melick in 1959. Her dad, John Aniston — who died on Nov. 11, 2022, at age 89 — welcomed AJ during his second marria... |
browsecomp_plus_9810_2 | Who Are Jennifer Aniston's Half Siblings? All About John Melick III and Alexander 'AJ' Aniston | "Who among us hasn't tried — successfully or not — to forgive our family? ... Families are things to be forgiven." Keep scrolling for everything to know about Jennifer's two half brothers. John Melick III John Melick III is the son of Nancy Dow and her first husband, Jack Melick. The former couple married in 1956 and w... |
browsecomp_plus_9810_3 | Who Are Jennifer Aniston's Half Siblings? All About John Melick III and Alexander 'AJ' Aniston | In August 1995, John III married Shannon Melick. According to Los Angeles court documents, Shannon filed for divorce from her husband on April 1, 2005; however, their current relationship status remains unclear. Information on their kids remains private. Alexander "AJ" Aniston After Jennifer's father split from Nancy, ... |
browsecomp_plus_9810_4 | Who Are Jennifer Aniston's Half Siblings? All About John Melick III and Alexander 'AJ' Aniston | He also has "Live Free" tattooed across his chest and "Down to Cuddle" inked on his lower stomach. Jennifer hasn't spoken about him in any public interviews. |
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browsecomp_plus_82109_1 | The Mercies | What do you think? Rate this book After a storm has killed off all the island's men, two women in a 1600s Norwegian coastal village struggle to survive against both natural forces and the men who have been sent to rid the community of alleged witchcraft. Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Magnusdatter stands... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_2 | The Mercies | Inspired by the real events of the Vardø storm and the 1620 witch trials, The Mercies is a feminist story of love, evil, and obsession, set at the edge of civilization. Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Magnusdatter stands on the craggy coast, watching the sea break into a sudden and reckless storm. Forty f... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_3 | The Mercies | Inspired by the real events of the Vardø storm and the 1620 witch trials, The Mercies is a feminist story of love, evil, and obsession, set at the edge of civilization. 345 pages, Hardcover First published February 6, 2020 Kiran Millwood Hargrave is an award winning poet, playwright, and novelist. Her books include the... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_4 | The Mercies | Writing for the New York Times Book Review, Emily Barton called it 'among the best novels I've read in years', and it won a Betty Trask Award. She is represented by Hellie Ogden (UK) and Kirby Kim (US) at Janklow & Nesbit. Kiran lives in Oxford with her husband and their cats, Luna and Marly. Her books include the best... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_5 | The Mercies | Her first book for adults, The Mercies, debuted as The Times number 1 bestseller, and at number 5 in the Sunday Times Bestseller Charts. Writing for the New York Times Book Review, Emily Barton called it 'among the best novels I've read in years', and it won a Betty Trask Award. She is represented by Hellie Ogden (UK) ... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_6 | The Mercies | Eighteen months later, the women have become adept at catching fish and are finally able to look after themselves, but their world is about to be turned upside down with the arrival of Absalom Cornet, a God-fearing man who has been summoned from his home in Scotland to bring the women of Vardo to heel, and to ensure th... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_7 | The Mercies | Knowing 'The Mercies' was based on the real events of the Vardo storm and the witch trials of 1621, makes it even harder to read, such is the brutality used against those accused of witchcraft, but it's hauntingly beautiful and highly recommended! *Thank you to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan, Picador, for my ARC for which... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_8 | The Mercies | Despite the fact that they come from completely different backgrounds, Maren and Ursa soon form a bond, and find solace in each other's company, but the whole village has much to fear where Absalom is concerned, including his wife. The writing is beautiful, often crude, echoing the privations of an impoverished communi... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_9 | The Mercies | It is 1617, and a most terrifying storm that caims the lives of forty men begins what turns out to be a harrowing period for the women who are left behind in a small fishing village of Vardo in the north of Norway, and who can either try to survive by setting their own ways or who may perish due to the lack of fish, fu... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_10 | The Mercies | I definitely recommend The Mercies as it is historical fiction in every aspect and will send chills down your spines. One of the best HF I have read in years ... It is 1617, and a most terrifying storm that caims the lives of forty men begins what turns out to be a harrowing period for the women who are left behind in ... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_11 | The Mercies | While reading I was no longer in my sofa, I was out there, with Ursa attending to her suffering sister, with her on the ship, in the kirk of Vardo and on the cliff looking out for the whale which comes to Maren in her dreams. I believe it is a genuine gift on the part of the author to write in such a way. I definitely ... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_12 | The Mercies | This is a purely subjective observation and I'm sure (as I've noticed from other reviews) that no one or maybe very few people would cite that as a complaint against this book. For me the writing has to connect me to the place and people that inhabit that place but here it just annoyed the heck out of me, it kept pushi... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_13 | The Mercies | Intellectually, I am interested in the subject, but again, subjectively speaking this didn't make me care, feel, be curios or anything that remotely resembles interest. I believe this is a case of me not the book. ( I'm only half lying when I say that :D ) Just to end things on a more informative note, this novel did a... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_14 | The Mercies | I read it a couple of weeks ago and I thought I'd think on it for a while because I felt like I was supposed to like it more. I had a few issues with it but the biggest one was the fact that I just didn't like the writing style. This is a purely subjective observation and I'm sure (as I've noticed from other reviews) t... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_15 | The Mercies | By the time I reached the end of the book, I would retract my observation about the characters or the story. I mean, sure, for a feminist historical novel it did all the right things and told a good story but I just didn't connect with it. Intellectually, I am interested in the subject, but again, subjectively speaking... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_16 | The Mercies | May 30, 2023 Finmark, Norway, 1617 in the fishing town of Vardo, a storm sweeps in, causing the deaths of forty men. All the names left are the elderly, the very young and the village cleric. Now, the women must fend for themselves, which presents a huge problem. Women are not supposed to wear pants not rushing boats. ... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_17 | The Mercies | Although there names may not be real, what happens here is actual history, as the author note explains. She also explains how and why the witch trials were happening in various countries and villages. A horribly, tragic time and one well documented in this novel. Reminiscent of the novel, Burial rites, but with its own... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_18 | The Mercies | Although there names may not be real, what happens here is actual history, as the author note explains. She also explains how and why the witch trials were happening in various countries and villages. A horribly, tragic time and one well documented in this novel. Reminiscent of the novel, Burial rites, but with its own... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_19 | The Mercies | The Mercies is based on the real-true events which occurred in 1617 in a fishing village located on one of norway's tiny islands—when a sudden freak storm came, saw, and conquered; assaulting the fishing boats that were just heading out with the majority of the village's menfolk on board, killing forty men in a matter ... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_20 | The Mercies | although some are more devout than others, the island's kirke is as much a town hall for the community to gather as it is a sacred place, and the region's indigenous sami* people have contributed their own rituals to the fabric of the village. one of these women has even married into the community; a woman named diinna... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_21 | The Mercies | before long, some of the more devout women flutter under his masculine authority, relieved and reassured by a man's presence, and to ingratiate themselves with him, they begin to denounce their less conventional neighbors, in the way of all of history's witch hunting situations. unlike salem, where the accused were hun... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_22 | The Mercies | ursa is especially well-written—a woman wrenched away from her home and her beloved, chronically ill, sister into a marriage arranged out of financial necessity; the culture shock of moving from comfortable, although faded, opulence to severe privation; the psychological shock of going from being a pampered daughter to... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_23 | The Mercies | ursa stands out; a pretty flower in a stark landscape, and maren is drawn to her, helping ease her transition to island living, soon understanding that ursa's domestic helplessness is circumstantial, not a result of laziness, and that her life and her marriage are not as pleasant as one might expect—learning how much s... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_24 | The Mercies | i have no expectations of this actually being a horror novel, but i won it thru the gr giveaways and it has been patiently waiting for me to finish my horror-only october readings, so in these last few days of shocktober: witches. not horror, but maybe gentle alarm? come to my blog! 'I remember once when runes gave you... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_25 | The Mercies | The Mercies is based on the real-true events which occurred in 1617 in a fishing village located on one of norway's tiny islands—when a sudden freak storm came, saw, and conquered; assaulting the fishing boats that were just heading out with the majority of the village's menfolk on board, killing forty men in a matter ... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_26 | The Mercies | although some are more devout than others, the island's kirke is as much a town hall for the community to gather as it is a sacred place, and the region's indigenous sami* people have contributed their own rituals to the fabric of the village. one of these women has even married into the community; a woman named diinna... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_27 | The Mercies | the women are adjusting and getting by just fine on their own until the arrival of absalom cornet—a scottish commissioner and witch-hunter. with him is his new wife ursa, a young woman accustomed to city life, luxurious surroundings, and servants; unprepared both for the barebones living conditions of the island and th... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_28 | The Mercies | the descriptions were strong, and reminded me of Tidelands; the similarly-situated/themed witch-series opener by philippa gregory— a hardscrabble existence on a bleak and tiny island where nature is unforgiving and women are at the mercy of powerful men and the gossip of bored or resentful neighbors, women whose reputa... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_29 | The Mercies | There are pale stains on the mattress, and the straw has broken through in places. She can't face the greying pillow and so wraps her old nightdress about it. She lies ever so carefully, makes sure her hair is about her shoulders the way Agnete told her makes it look like she lies in a field of shining yellow wheat. La... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_30 | The Mercies | ursa stands out; a pretty flower in a stark landscape, and maren is drawn to her, helping ease her transition to island living, soon understanding that ursa's domestic helplessness is circumstantial, not a result of laziness, and that her life and her marriage are not as pleasant as one might expect—learning how much s... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_31 | The Mercies | i have no expectations of this actually being a horror novel, but i won it thru the gr giveaways and it has been patiently waiting for me to finish my horror-only october readings, so in these last few days of shocktober: witches. not horror, but maybe gentle alarm? come to my blog! May 12, 2020 The Mercies is inspired... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_32 | The Mercies | The cruelties of the times are well depicted and for the last 50 pages of the novel I was totally engorssed and memorised by the story and really didnt want this one to end. I am so happy I purchased a hard copy of this one as its a lovely addition for my real life book shelf. I think readers who have enjoyed novels li... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_33 | The Mercies | I think readers who have enjoyed novels like or will enjoy this one too. July 12, 2020 Based on real events, THE MERCIES is a riveting book about what powerful men back in the 1600's would do to quiet independent women. Set in the remote town of Vardo in Northern Norway, a storm hits while all 40 men in the village per... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_34 | The Mercies | 4.5 stars out of 5 Set in the remote town of Vardo in Northern Norway, a storm hits while all 40 men in the village perish while fishing. The women must fend for themselves to survive in the harsh environment. Some women look at the storm suspiciously while others prove their strength by setting out to feed the communi... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_35 | The Mercies | 4.5 stars out of 5 July 27, 2020 Based on a horrific true story of witchcraft deaths in Norway The Mercies starts with a catastrophe, the deaths of 40 fishermen in a sea storm off the tiny village of Vardo in northern Norway in 1617.This horrific, treacherous storm killed all the able bodied adult men of the town in on... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_36 | The Mercies | The women and children are left bereft. How are they to eat, to live, without their men? In tandem with the Vardo story is one of a young girl who is given in marriage by her father to a total stranger and a foreigner. She has to leave with him to go to Vardo within a few days of their betrothal and marriage. She has b... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_37 | The Mercies | The women, able to recover the bodies, must store them over the frigid winter until the frozen ground softens...but...What caused the storm? Is it "the devilry" of the indigenous Sami people who used charms, runes and weather-weaving? Maren Magnusdatter, 20 years old, had lost her father, brother Eric and her betrothed... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_38 | The Mercies | First, Pastor Kurtsson is sent to Vardo to provide continuing Christian values and additionally "bring the Sami" into the fold . While Maren and Kirsten fish, chop wood and ready fields for planting, "Kirke women" hang on Pastor's every word. Changes are coming. The new independence and self-sufficiency of the women is... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_39 | The Mercies | I felt as if I spent time in Vardo with both Maren and Ursa, the principal, well detailed and well written protagonists of this historical fiction tome describing the Vardo Storm of 1621 and the life changes of a group of strong-willed, determined women. Highly recommended. Thank you Little, Brown and Company and Net G... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_40 | The Mercies | Eight women, dressed in their dead men's sealskins and caps...are consumed by their work. Some of the women "[ watch] from windows and keenly from the doorway of the Kirke...[judging, unfavorably]...". Kirsten Sorensdatter takes the lead by caring for and slaughtering reindeer, and by the way, wearing trousers while do... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_41 | The Mercies | Ursa, a sheltered teenager, finds a friend and confidant in Maren. The friendship is unlikely, devotion to each other, beautifully portrayed. "The Mercies" by Kiran Millwood Hargrave engendered a plethora of emotions. I felt sadness, longing, isolation, love, tenderness, anger and frustration. I felt as if I spent time... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_42 | The Mercies | This is the background and real history that Kiran Millwood Hargrave expands upon, weaving together a brilliant, beautiful, but ultimately tragic story about the women whose lives are shattered with the storm, and then further broken apart with the arrival of the pious and sadistic Commissioner Absalom Cornet. The desc... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_43 | The Mercies | I hadn't known about the witch trials of Vardø prior to reading this novel, but they were basically the same everywhere they transpired. Chilling and haunting yet beautiful, The Mercies is a novel that fans of historical fiction will not want to miss. In 1617, a ferocious storm blew over the island of Vardø, killing al... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_44 | The Mercies | The story is narrated in turn by each of these women: Maren, a strong and capable young woman whose fiancé was killed at sea, and Ursa, the young wife of Commissioner Cornet. As these two women are drawn ever closer, the events unfolding around them become more and more horrific. Because this is based on real events, i... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_45 | The Mercies | Maren is left grieving the death of her father, brother, and fiancé with her mother and sister in law. Through the strength of each other, the women have built a life for themselves without men. We see into their daily lives as they fish, tend to livestock, and plant, and at times, the pace was a little slow going. The... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_46 | The Mercies | Check out my post After the storm took the men's lives in a small Norwegian village in 1617, the women are left on their own. They must find a way to survive and live on their own. Maren is left grieving the death of her father, brother, and fiancé with her mother and sister in law. Through the strength of each other, ... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_47 | The Mercies | It's intense thought-provoking, insightful story of love, friendship, evil, power and control with women we can learn from! I highly recommend it. What makes a strong female character? Check out my post February 15, 2021 Taking an underrepresented piece of history, author Kiran Millwood Hargrave, inspired by the 1617 V... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_48 | The Mercies | It is so sad that women can be their own worst enemies. Heartbreaking, but highly recommended! This novel earned 5 stars from me for the following reasons: 1. memorable characters, both likable and despicable, are the highlight of this story; 2. the plot leads you from sadness to utter despair (okay, it's not a feel-go... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_49 | The Mercies | April 20, 2020 1617. Norway. A group of women stand, bracing the harsh winds of a sudden storm, as they stare out at sea and watch the broken bodies of their men fling themselves to shore. The only males now left in their society are the very young or the very old; those who did not brave the fickle beast called nature... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_50 | The Mercies | It relays a history of people, a culture losing its grip to religion, and the dark deeds of man through quiet interactions and long silences. I got to know the women of this community before I grew to know their so-called sins. And this was largely the point of the book. Females dominate this community and the novel, a... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_51 | The Mercies | Although told through fictional characters, The Mercies relays the very real story of the Vardø storm and the subsequent 1621 witch trials. The fear of the other looms like a distant storm cloud, throughout the entire narrative, closing in as the story breaks, with horror, sorrow and the despicable acts inflicted by hu... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_52 | The Mercies | Thank you to the author, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, and the publisher, Pan Macmillan, for this opportunity. March 3, 2020 ARC received in exchange for an honest review 🌊 Atmospheric and beautifully written, The Mercies takes inspiration from the real life disaster of 1617 where 40 men drowned on Christmas Eve off the co... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_53 | The Mercies | The characters are also well fleshed out and complex, as we see Maren struggle to deal with her growing resentment for some of the women she's grown up with - including the slow unravelling of her relationship with her mother and brother's wife, an outsider. This really feels like a tale about women, how they create ki... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_54 | The Mercies | There's a lot of set up, and a lot of talk between the women (which does help with character development), which leaves the plot lagging and stilted. At times I did find my mind wandering, and I struggled to stay focused on the story. The pay off at the end also doesn't fully compensate for the pacing. It feels a littl... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_55 | The Mercies | Even if his methods have horrific and life ending consequences. I loved the writing in this. It's richly descriptive and well researched, immersing the reader in the environment from the very first page with a vivid reimagining of this tragic disaster. The characters are also well fleshed out and complex, as we see Mar... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_56 | The Mercies | The story takes place over 3 years, and is very slow to pick up after the dramatic opening scene. Not much happens for a large portion of the text, with both our main characters not even meeting until over 100 pages in. There's a lot of set up, and a lot of talk between the women (which does help with character develop... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_57 | The Mercies | She has created personalities that immerse the reader in the social constrictions placed on women and how their fear of natural disaster leads to hysteria and irrational explanations. In the midst of this horrific setting is a love story and the sacrifices a lover makes for their loved one. This is a tragic event that ... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_58 | The Mercies | I loved every moment of my immersion in this beautifully rendered and chilling world! Thank you to Little, Brown and Company @picadorbooks for the ARC. Thank you to Little, Brown and Company @picadorbooks for the ARC. April 18, 2021 5+ "Grief cannot feed you, but it fills you." "But now she knows she was foolish to bel... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_59 | The Mercies | The fires that warmed these women, the ashes that needed tending also foretold of other fires and human ashes. Fire for survival, death by fire. The ocean that sustains life is the ocean that destroys life and invokes fear. The author, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, expertly builds the suspense in this chilling tale, making ... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_60 | The Mercies | This is the beautiful message of this powerful book, one of the best I have read this year or maybe in many years. You can bend but never break me 'Cause it only serves to make me More determined to achieve my final goal And I come back even stronger Not a novice any longer 'Cause you've deepened the conviction in my s... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_61 | The Mercies | The barren and frigid coast of Norway sets the mood. Always desolate and dark for much of the year, I felt the chill in my bones and the foreboding chill of what was coming. The fires that warmed these women, the ashes that needed tending also foretold of other fires and human ashes. Fire for survival, death by fire. T... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_62 | The Mercies | The power of women is a dominant theme in this novel, although their strength is both their salvation and their downfall. Through love, courage, and friendship women prevailed in 1617 and through the ages. This is the beautiful message of this powerful book, one of the best I have read this year or maybe in many years.... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_63 | The Mercies | I genuinely thought this was a book set on a fictional island that was inhabited solely by women - something more akin to the Amazons (I'm not the greatest at blurb comprehension, I'll admit). I was ready for some badass ladies finding their power. But this is all snow and ice and backwards ways and dark, dark times. I... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_64 | The Mercies | How grateful I am to live in a world that's moved past these evils, but how terrified I am to see the same ignorance and fear causing different tragedies around the world four hundred years later. I'll likely be recommending this one to a lot of people. If I hadn't been lured in by wrong impressions I would not have pi... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_65 | The Mercies | I genuinely thought this was a book set on a fictional island that was inhabited solely by women - something more akin to the Amazons (I'm not the greatest at blurb comprehension, I'll admit). I was ready for some badass ladies finding their power. But this is all snow and ice and backwards ways and dark, dark times. I... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_66 | The Mercies | How grateful I am to live in a world that's moved past these evils, but how terrified I am to see the same ignorance and fear causing different tragedies around the world four hundred years later. I'll likely be recommending this one to a lot of people. If I hadn't been lured in by wrong impressions I would not have pi... |
browsecomp_plus_82109_67 | The Mercies | "The women of Vardo gather at the scooped-out edge of their island, and though some are still shouting, Maren's ears ring with silence. Before her, the harbour is wiped smooth as a mirror. Her Jaw is caught on the hinges of itself, her tongue dripping blood warm down her chin. Her needle is threaded in the web between ... |
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