A Discovery of Witches

The first times I read this book it was a 5/5 but I was younger and hadn't read a ton of adult fiction, was also before I understood how weird large age gaps felt. It still has a nostalgic feel for me so that definitely plays into my feelings.

I still do really enjoy this book, it is however very very slow and there are tons of moments where it feels like nothing but talking is happening but I really enjoy it. The focus on science and history is super fun to me. I love basically all the characters however as I've gotten older I've really come to dislike a lot of Mathew's traits sexism isn't cool and controlling behaviour like that shouldn't be romanticized. That is common in these types of books so not really surprised, especially for when this book came out.

In the end I still do love this book even though it has problems and will likely read it again.