466 reviews for:

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

Malcolm Gaskill

3.68 AVERAGE

amyharrow20's review against another edition

3.0

challenging informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

alilovesbooks4170's review against another edition

3.0

dark informative sad slow-paced

kutendo's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional informative medium-paced

not_always_hope's review against another edition

2.0

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I really really wanted to like this. I was so excited to read it but it was just so dry and full of irrelevant details that just made it drag so much.

ames444's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

auntsarah's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

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I really struggle with nonfiction sometimes. I found this dry, couldn’t stick with it. 

selketjewett's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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Liked it! Big history major vibes. Really cool writing using primary sources that paints a picture of the fear and suspicion that existed in colonial New England. It was a little slow, probably just as a function of a non-fiction story based heavily on primary sources and the epilogue was a little weird in tone. 

jmtraver's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

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This book was interesting! I was more interested in the history of witches than the history of New England / “old” England so I didn’t really enjoy chapters 1,2 or 9. I skimmed through the epilogue but must say the last paragraph was beautiful 

tamzy6's review against another edition

4.0

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An engrossing narrative about mistrust and everyone being in a claustrophobic space. In some ways this is a rather rational approach to witchcraft as things could be "explained" through a modern lens. Okay now I want to visit Springfield and Salem.

cybergoths's review

4.0

dark informative sad slow-paced