Reviews tagging 'War'

The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World by Malcolm Gaskill

4 reviews

phoebemurtagh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Violence, Child death, Death, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexism, Medical content, Terminal illness, Colonisation, Abandonment, Torture, War, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Minor: Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Infertility

georgewhite92's review

informative medium-paced

4.0

Springfield is often overshadowed by Salem when discussing witchcraft in the New World so found this book very important.
The story of what happened to the Parsons is a sobering one which Gaskill does well in bringing to life.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Mental illness, and War

mondovertigo's review

dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Pregnancy, Confinement, War, and Child death

scarlettoliver's review

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: War, Racism, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Sexism, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Blood, and Murder