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jenmangler's review against another edition
1.0
Tedious. That's the word that best describes reading this book. It took me almost a month to read. I would read and read and make no progress. When I sat down to read it I would do almost anything else, because I didn't want to read it. I just couldn't get into this book. It was such a tremendous slog for me. So much of the book paraphrased what was said, but so little time really spent talking about why, or what it meant. I didn't want a blow-by-blow description of what happened, I wanted analysis, and that didn't really ever come. WHY? How did this happen? This book just doesn't even get close to addressing those questions. And for a book titled The Witches, there was very little information about them. This was all about the men who stood in judgement of them, and a little bit about the accusers. Ugh. I was so looking forward to reading this book, but it turned into the biggest reading disappointment I've experienced in quite a long while.
ellipsiscool's review against another edition
3.0
I really loved the topic. Colonial America is fascinating as are the Salem with trials, but it was presented in a very dry, even boring, way.
jwilding's review against another edition
4.0
Great but so sloggy. I'd love to read her book about Cleopatra. Its reviews are much better.
itskaitlinreyna's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
kspann's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.0
dgrobbins's review against another edition
1.0
I really struggled to get through this book. It seemed to be a compilation of names and not much substance, I'm not sure how many times I dozed off. Definitely expected it to be much better than it was.
ryantlabee's review against another edition
4.0
A fascinating topic and a very dense book. I found my attention occasionally drifting, so it become a bit hard to get through it. Reads like a history book/an account. Which is fine... Just prefer my history disguised a bit more like a story.