Reviews tagging 'Torture'

An Outbreak of Witchcraft: A Graphic Novel of the Salem Witch Trials by Deborah Noyes

3 reviews

danielaine's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Torture, and Religious bigotry

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

There's a lot of information packed into this graphic novel, which isn't a bad thing! If you want to learn more about the Salem Witch Trials, this would definitely be a good place to start. Noyes gives context throughout, connecting the dots between the more narrative part of the story. It would work well in a high school setting touching on this part of history.

However, at times it is difficult to follow who is who (partly because there are so many people involved). There is a guide at the beginning, but something more of a family tree showing how people are connected might have been more helpful. I would forget who was who while I was reading. Despite that, this is well done overall with art that depicts the feeling at the time so well. I love that there are more nonfiction graphic novels for teens because it makes the informaiton much more easily digestable. Let's keep them coming!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, and Torture

midnightmoon_dreamer's review against another edition

informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.0

Very informative. Loved the art style and the deep dive into a very sad and dark part of history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism