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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Slooooooooooooooow. Bohjalian’s are either gripping page turners…or put me to sleep. This one was the latter. Well-written…just really really slow.
I've read a few Chris Bohjalian novels and have found him to be a mixed bag. His best ones, imo, are [b:The Flight Attendant|35506211|The Flight Attendant|Chris Bohjalian|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498628313l/35506211._SY75_.jpg|56914238] and this one. It's always satisfying to pick up a piece of historical fiction that can bring a bygone era to life with enough dramatic tension to keep you on the edge of your seat. Satisfying read.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Wow! Maddening and at times hard to read. Who knew religious zealots combined with a heavy dose of patriarchy could be so heinous? I jest. We all know but my gosh when brought into focus by the craftsman Bohjalian it’s painful. Again and again.
“She was sent to the scaffold because she had a sharper tongue and a shrewder mind than her accusers.
It is always the case when men hang women. “
“She was sent to the scaffold because she had a sharper tongue and a shrewder mind than her accusers.
It is always the case when men hang women. “
I've been doing this thing where I don't read the synopses of books prior to reading them. I feel like it makes the journey as a whole more exciting because I have NO idea what's going to happen. But sometimes that means I invent plot lines that never happen. I honestly believed that Hour of the Witch was going to be a book about witches. It kind of was, but not really.
Mary Deerfield is a young woman living in puritan times, trapped in an abusive relationship and caught up in a witch hunt. Reading it now after the overturning of Roe vs. Wade felt claustrophobic, desperate and bleak. But there are moments of ingenuity, sisterhood, and goodness that brings you hope.
Chris Bohjalian succeeded in pulling me so deeply into the story, I began to refer to forks as the Devil's tines. The language can be cumbersome for some readers but I thought it was necessary and well done.
Despite my initial disappointment that the witches were not of the hocus pocus variety, I enjoyed this book and found it to be a worthy read.
Mary Deerfield is a young woman living in puritan times, trapped in an abusive relationship and caught up in a witch hunt. Reading it now after the overturning of Roe vs. Wade felt claustrophobic, desperate and bleak. But there are moments of ingenuity, sisterhood, and goodness that brings you hope.
Chris Bohjalian succeeded in pulling me so deeply into the story, I began to refer to forks as the Devil's tines. The language can be cumbersome for some readers but I thought it was necessary and well done.
Despite my initial disappointment that the witches were not of the hocus pocus variety, I enjoyed this book and found it to be a worthy read.
adventurous
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced