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The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston

10 reviews

lmb3393's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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simonlorden's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Bess is a witch's daughter during the witch hunt, a doctor during Jack the Ripper's murders, and a doctor during the first world war. Those were my favourite parts, the lives of people in these historical periods, although the book was darker than I thought it would be. There's multiple explicit sexual assault scenes, as well as bloody murder and adults and children dying of the plague.

I have two pet peeves with this book that I couldn't get over while reading:
1. Idk what Publishers Weekly is on, but an immortal woman living linearly through 300 years is not time travel. This is not a time travel story.
2. The blurb in the book says the present-day timeline is in 2012, but in the book it's actually 2007.

These are both small things, but they felt like kind of lazy mistakes.

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mxemma's review against another edition

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I wanted to like this book, I was really excited for it. Especially when they started describing the magic, and it was clearly based on old witchcraft trials and 17th c ideas of magic. That was super cool! But as a read further it was based far more in Wicca, a modern religious movement that has little to do with historical practices. Elizabeth started to bore me as a character, and I was disturbed by the claim that this is a historical romance, given the only person she has a significant "romantic" relationship with is a horrible and abusive person.
Decided it wasn't worth another 6 hours of my life, and rather regretted the hours I'd already put in.

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exrthalex's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I enjoyed this book, but mostly loved the characters. At a certain point, the plot became a bit predictable; although, I did like the story and ending. The characters were the best part: I loved to love the protagonists and loved to hate the antagonist. I look forward to reading the sequel.

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willa_reads_books's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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taelajoon's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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kennedyno's review against another edition

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The amount of sexual assault in this novel both felt like too much, and like it killed any of the impact those moment were supposed to have. If something huge and impactful happens every other chapter, it stops holding the weight it should. I loved the prose but for that, and for the confused and unclear world building surrounding the magic of this world, I just can’t muster up the desire to continue

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