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I started writing a big long thing about this book, but honestly, I recommend it for everyone. If you’re interested in history, spells, witches, believing women, herbs, this book is for you.

farisandbooks's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

roebow's review against another edition

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slow-paced

3.0

abookishtype's review against another edition

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3.0

Kathryn Nuernberger writes about witches and witch trials as her area of expertise and, in The Witch of Eye, brings all her knowledge to connect her feelings and events in her life to the witches of the past. In a series of brief chapters, Nuernberger moves from the Bamberg witch trials to marriage to the North Berwick trials to botany and more—including the infamous Witch of Eye herself, whose star chart for the King of England led her to being accused of treason...

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss, for review consideration.

angel_kiiss's review against another edition

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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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