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lemon_'s review against another edition
3.0
I thought this book looked awesome and that it would be a fun twist on the Salem Witch Trials. But it was really just a very standard teen novel and I guess that disappointed me. I shouldn't have been surprised, but I was disappointed enough that I couldn't even finish the book. Maybe one day I'll go back to try to finish it...
russellreece's review against another edition
2.0
Was not impressed. Made my way through, kept hoping for something to happen. Nothing ever did...
loveathena98's review against another edition
3.0
Had a good set up but ended up anticlimactic and without solid ending. There was an unnecessary romance between Spence and Colleen and it just let me down.
bravemaeve's review against another edition
3.0
I've always been interested in books with supernatural elements, especially witchcraft and the Salem witch trials. Naturally, I was excited for this book! After reading the summary, it seemed exciting. What I got was a boring, confusing, and oddly insane book. All of the witchcraft doesn't even come to play until the last 1/5 of the book. I just couldn't get into the book! It just continued to drag on as people in the town tried to diagnose the mysterious "illness" affecting people. While the teenage language and lifestyle was accurate, I was incredibly bored reading about all the teenage drama. Plus, there's also an odd student-teacher relationship that just adds more absurdity to the book and plays a much bigger part than it should. When the main character finally figures out that witchcraft is the cause, I became excited because the climax was finally happening! What happens? Everyone thinks she's crazy and the whole thing dissolves. At the very end, the mother of the accused witch does acknowledge that she, like her daughter, is a witch, but it is never mentioned again. And that's how the book ends. Everyone thinks she's insane, witchcraft isn't revealed, and life moves on. Seriously? That was the climax I got? Meanwhile there consists of a side story that describes actual witch trials. While the ending was somewhat exciting learning about the trials, there were so many characters and the situation was so absurd that I was incredibly confused. While the book sounded like it'd be a good story, I was sadly disappointed, left with a sense of boredom and confusion.
summyrenea's review against another edition
4.0
It's 4.5. Very suspenseful. A perfect read for one obsessed with The Crucible and all things Salem witches like me.
mallorykjorgensen's review against another edition
4.0
Parts of the story bothered me, like Colleen and Spence's insta-romance. Otherwise, it was decent.
kricketa's review against another edition
4.0
switches back and forth between salem at the time of the witch accusations and modern day massachussets, where girls at a prep school are falling ill with a mysterious disease. really well done, with engaging characters and what i thought was a perfect ending.
greergreer's review against another edition
5.0
Well hell yeah. I loved this book. Salem now, Salem past. Yep this book links them together in a very interesting and gripping story. This story is written in alternate chapters of 2012 and 1700’0 We all know about the young girls in the 1700’s who accused people of witchcraft, horrid story but a well documented case of mass hysteria or follow the leader. Now we have a private school being hit with, dare I say female hysteria? Yes is seems to be happening all over again.
Things I learned from this book PANDA, Conversion and that Danvers, Massachusetts is the original Salem Village where the witch trials were held. Oh, and that Goody was a polite way to address woman. We now use the suffix of Mrs. Miss and Ms.
Things I learned from this book PANDA, Conversion and that Danvers, Massachusetts is the original Salem Village where the witch trials were held. Oh, and that Goody was a polite way to address woman. We now use the suffix of Mrs. Miss and Ms.
teklalind's review against another edition
4.0
This book gives a modern explanation to the salem sickness during the trials and i absolutley enjoyed it!! Reading about the main character go through her life and believing one thing but when it suddendly happens to her a whole new idea pops up!