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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
when I was very young I read this book so often the front cover fell off. I absolutely loved it.
The version I had, though, had a different cover I cannot quite recall what it looked like.
Edit: found it, love this cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773622.Which_Witch_
The version I had, though, had a different cover I cannot quite recall what it looked like.
Edit: found it, love this cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773622.Which_Witch_
I thought this was a little to young for most of my 7th and 8th grade English students. But I may teach 5th or 6th next year, so it would be perfect for them. It is a cute book.
Fun to reread this as an adult since I enjoyed it so much as a youth.
This book was quite a lot of fun, with great descriptions and characters. The only part that annoyed me?: My little Bryn Mawr heart had a hard time with the clear and shallow misogyny of Arriman and the kowtowing of Belladonna (though, I did love her the contrast of her mostly naive sweetness/goodness juxtaposed against the black magic witches).
Still, it was a fun twist on a usual story and, to be fair to Arriman, he agreed to marry - sight unseen! - the witch that performed the best and most dasterdly magic, so he did place some value on ability rather than outward appearance (though, he bellyached about it quite a bit).
Still, it was a fun twist on a usual story and, to be fair to Arriman, he agreed to marry - sight unseen! - the witch that performed the best and most dasterdly magic, so he did place some value on ability rather than outward appearance (though, he bellyached about it quite a bit).
MY FAVOURITE BOOK EVER HAHA, read this like 10 times when I was a kid.
The story is good, but the magic is evil. Not good for kids.
I actually really enjoyed this book. It's more of a middle grade I think and was a pretty fast and easy read. It was very entertaining. I didn't want to give it a full four but I would put it at a strong 3.5 at least.
This is one of my all time favourite books, both as a young reader, a teenager and as an adult, I think I must have read it at least 50 times over the years. It was a regular check out for me while at school from the library but, bizarrely, I never owned my own copy.
The book focusses on the white witch Belladonna, who is secretly in love with the dark and broodingly handsome Arriman the Awful, the most feared and fierce wizard of the North. He had decided he must marry as he needs an heir to pass on his wizardly crown as he's getting fed up of all the smiting and blighting.
He decides to hold a competition at which the wickedest blackest witches will perform their greatest spell and the one which is the most evil will win. Poor Belladonna wants nothing more than to be bad, but she's such a good witch that even when she tries to be bad the opposite happens.
Without going into details, the plot also involves an orphan named Terrance and his pet worm, a three headed sea lion who Arriman has had looking for his successor for years without any joy (hence the decision to marry and hold a competition to find himself a wife), an elderly witch who randomly turns into a coffee table, the seductive Madame Olympia, and a whole host of other amusing and horrible characters.
With a few nice twists added to the plot, the reader is drawn headlong into an amusing tale which draws to a satisfactory conclusion without ever stinting on the story to get there.
The book focusses on the white witch Belladonna, who is secretly in love with the dark and broodingly handsome Arriman the Awful, the most feared and fierce wizard of the North. He had decided he must marry as he needs an heir to pass on his wizardly crown as he's getting fed up of all the smiting and blighting.
He decides to hold a competition at which the wickedest blackest witches will perform their greatest spell and the one which is the most evil will win. Poor Belladonna wants nothing more than to be bad, but she's such a good witch that even when she tries to be bad the opposite happens.
Without going into details, the plot also involves an orphan named Terrance and his pet worm, a three headed sea lion who Arriman has had looking for his successor for years without any joy (hence the decision to marry and hold a competition to find himself a wife), an elderly witch who randomly turns into a coffee table, the seductive Madame Olympia, and a whole host of other amusing and horrible characters.
With a few nice twists added to the plot, the reader is drawn headlong into an amusing tale which draws to a satisfactory conclusion without ever stinting on the story to get there.
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes