onejordo's review
2.0
I found this paperback for $.50 at a used book store. I love historical fiction and find the Salem Witch Trials to be rather fascinating. This book was also made into a CBS miniseries a number of years ago. I figured this would be an entertaining read.
I was wrong. The story of the witch hunt is there (and accurate as far as I know) but the book itself was a bit on the boring side. The dialog was without excitement or creativity. If you wanted to jump right into the witch hunt, skip the first 100 pages or so. The first third is dedicated to getting to know the citizens of Salem, which is fairly important for their motives later on. However, I just wasn’t drawn in.
I was tempted to quit reading this book early on, but felt I needed to give it a chance for no other reason than I was interested in reading about this dark piece of history. I don’t completely regret reading it, but I certainly won’t be rereading it.
I was wrong. The story of the witch hunt is there (and accurate as far as I know) but the book itself was a bit on the boring side. The dialog was without excitement or creativity. If you wanted to jump right into the witch hunt, skip the first 100 pages or so. The first third is dedicated to getting to know the citizens of Salem, which is fairly important for their motives later on. However, I just wasn’t drawn in.
I was tempted to quit reading this book early on, but felt I needed to give it a chance for no other reason than I was interested in reading about this dark piece of history. I don’t completely regret reading it, but I certainly won’t be rereading it.
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