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A review by katrod
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
This book is a perfect window into the 2010’s vampire craze and mixes the romance and magic of both Twilight and Outlander. But I almost had to put it down because the first 350 pages are a MAJOR slog. There is so much jargon about alchemy and historical texts, it is almost not worth getting through the first half of this book. (And 350 is barely past the halfway point.) However, the remaining pages were riveting! Once I got past that point I truly could not put it down and was so excited by all that was coming together and unfolding.
I am still so angry that the first 350 pages weren’t condensed into 150 or even 100 (which I believe could have been done very easily). But I’m now hooked on the story and immediately had to start the second book… maybe Harkness was gaining her footing as a writer? I just wish it had been edited better.
I am still so angry that the first 350 pages weren’t condensed into 150 or even 100 (which I believe could have been done very easily). But I’m now hooked on the story and immediately had to start the second book… maybe Harkness was gaining her footing as a writer? I just wish it had been edited better.