Reviews - Die Hexen von Cleftwater

327 reviews for:

Die Hexen von Cleftwater

Margaret Meyer

3.38 AVERAGE

rancid87's review against another edition

3.0

Clumsily feminist and inaccurate at times, the vibes were not there but the suffering was

dani6188's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

filipapintovieira's review against another edition

4.5

dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

littlelynn's review against another edition

2.75

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

linkalipski's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The book is a compelling read even though the ancient vocabulary can make it hard to read at times without a dictionary nearby. Mostly one can guess without a dictionary.

Characters all have very distinct personalities which I appreciate and the relationships are complex. For instance, Martha still hold some loyalty and kindness towards Agnes for whom she is a maid despite her being mean and unappreciative of her.

I appreciated the symmetry of the story structure as it started and ended with Martha’s relationship to the poppet. I also think the story is well crafter as the story is a journey between two points.

Reading this as a woman is terrifying since these witch hunts did happen and people still create a great deal of unfair torture and killing using similar false logic where whatever argument you give is used to reinforce previous belief.