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A review by draighean
The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
3.75
A very hard read.
I had to take breaks. The modern timeline was fine but the 16th century narrative is just torture, literally. And that takes nearly half the book. While I know it was to be expected when reading a novel about the Scottish Witch Hunts, knowing that Cooke doesn’t shy away from the cruelty her female leads are being subjected to, it was still a hard read.
The mystery and suspense of how the two timelines would eventually collide was what kept me reading, but it still took 3 weeks.
I don’t think I could read that book again.
I had to take breaks. The modern timeline was fine but the 16th century narrative is just torture, literally. And that takes nearly half the book. While I know it was to be expected when reading a novel about the Scottish Witch Hunts, knowing that Cooke doesn’t shy away from the cruelty her female leads are being subjected to, it was still a hard read.
The mystery and suspense of how the two timelines would eventually collide was what kept me reading, but it still took 3 weeks.
I don’t think I could read that book again.