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Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian

10 reviews

maecave15's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Violence, Chronic illness, Rape, and Miscarriage

glitchkitsch's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexism, Infertility, Racism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Toxic friendship, Abortion, Animal death, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Triggering content is period typical. It's historical fiction taking place in colonial New England, if you aren't prepared for sexism, racism, and a theocratic society, maybe skip this novel. The ending has

a satisfying payoff for the main character, though.

stephaniezd's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

What a masterpiece!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Infertility, and Colonisation

Moderate: Miscarriage and Death

hollidemyan1's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage and Toxic friendship

sjanke2's review

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

kb_sherman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Colonisation, Incest, Infidelity, and Vomit

ae_young's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

sarahmarie094's review

informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I can see how this book has so many mixed reviews. For me, the premise of the story was really intriguing, but I didn't find that it particularly pulled me in as far as plot through the whole book. Is she able to leave her husband or isn't she? Is she a witch or isn't she? Questions like that are hard to answer because there's so much back and forth surrounding it all. I appreciated the descriptiveness of the setting and felt like I learned a lot about how society functioned in the colonies in the 1600s. One star for the premise, one star for writing and publishing a book, but no more than that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol

syche's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I have always enjoyed Chris Bohjalian’s writing but it’s been a while since I’ve read one of his books—this was a nice return to his style. Super engaging, very detailed. I’m going to have to see what else of his I’ve missed over the last few years.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Infertility, and Sexism

Moderate: Colonisation, Grief, Sexual violence, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Incest, and Alcohol

reading_ladies_blog's review

Read 60% + last chapter and epilogue ….not to my taste 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Self harm, Incest, Death, Child abuse, and Alcohol