Cackle

4 shining gold stars going to best autumn vibes ever! The feminist undertones and the glorious ending hinted at more than made up for the initially whiny protagonist.

Coming from a fellow teacher, her class management skills were execrable. There is no way letting students get away with so much can be conducive to a good learning environment.

On another note, her personal growth and empowerment being conflated with a skew to the dark makes sense in the story, but kind of rankles. Why should empowered women keep on being considered mean or old witches? It kind of defeats the purpose of the underlying message.

While I enjoyed the book to no end, I'm still in two minds about the conflicting narrative and morale it tries to convey.